A Theoretical Study Of The Working Class In Engels' The Condition Of The Working Class In England

The Condition of the Working Class in Britain is an important classic work on marxist class theory.In this work,Engels discussed in detail the great changes that took place in The British society after the Industrial Revolution and the emergence and development of the working class.By examining the slave labor and poor living conditions of the workers,Engels summarized the experience of the workers' movement and demonstrated the historical inevitability of destroying the capitalist system,liberating all mankind and realizing communism.Based on the text of The Condition of the Working Class in Britain and referring to relevant literature,this paper tries to make a complete and systematic sorting of the working class theory in the book,and preliminatively explores the theoretical value and practical significance of the working class thought contained in the Condition of the Working Class in Britain.Specifically speaking,this paper mainly includes the following three parts: The first part mainly expounds the writing background and theoretical origin of the Condition of the British working class.This chapter first introduces the historical background of the formation of the working class theory in The Condition of the Working Class in Britain,and on this basis traces the theoretical origin of Engels' thought,reviews the early development of this thought,and lays a solid foundation for refining the basic views in the following.The second part is the core part of this paper,mainly based on the original text of the Condition of the British working class,refined the basic content of Engels' working class theory.From the aspect of social and historical development process of revealing the development of British working class,miserable fate and the link between the history of industrial capitalism,deeply analyzes the reasons for the formation of working-class life suffering,comprehensively summarizes the lessons and experiences of British working class struggle,scientific analysis and prospects the workers' movement direction and the development trend of the future society.The third part mainly expounds the theoretical value and practical significance of the working class theory in the Condition of the Working Class in Britain,and expounds the contribution of the working class theory in the Condition of the Working Class in Britain to marxist historical materialism,political economy and class analysis theory.At the same time,the author expounds the enlightenment significance of the working class theory in this work to the analysis of the working class situation in contemporary capitalist society and the working class situation in China.