A Study Of Marx Engels’ Thought On World History

As an important part of historical materialism,Marx Engels’ thought on world history is a theoretical doctrine that explores the development of the world from local to overall development.At present,the world is facing a great change unprecedented in a century,the international situation and international relations are intricate and complex,conservative ideas are on the rise globally,and the rise of informationization and intelligence marked by Chat GPT,5G and big data,etc.,make globalization constantly present new characteristics.While globalization faces challenges,it also ushers in opportunities.At present,China is in an important historical period to achieve the second century goal of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,and our development is still in an important strategic opportunity period.In order to seek the path to solve the real problems,the only way to grasp more deeply the inner laws of development is to examine the difficult problems given by the times under the macroscopic vision of Marx and Engels’ world historical thought.This paper examines the background,sources and process of the emergence of world historical thought,the main contents,analyzes the basic features and reveals the important significance using the methods of documentary research,historical analysis,comparative research and the unification of logic and history.The historical background of the emergence of Marx Engels’ world historical thought includes: the opening of new routes breaking the spatial restrictions for the formation of world history,the rapid development of productive forces under large industries as the material basis for the formation of world history and the proletarian revolutionary movement in the 19 th century.The process of the formation and development of Marx Engels’ world history thought is divided into four stages: the germination stage,in which Marx Engels initially expounded that world history arose in the logic of capital expansion;the formation stage,in which he completely expounded the process of the emergence and development trend of world history;the development stage,in which he specified the approach of the proletariat in promoting the development of world history;and the deepening stage,in which he clarified the development trend.The main content of Marx Engels’ world history thought contains four parts: the concept of world history,the beginning of its formation,the path of its formation,and the development trend.World history refers to the fact that the general increase of productive forces and the universalization of interactions have freed all peoples of the world from isolation and brought them into a state of interdependence;its opening of new routes and the global expansion of capitalism as the beginning of formation;the rapid development of productive forces,universal human interactions and the establishment of the world market as the path of formation;the free and comprehensive development of world history and human beings under the domination of communism,which is the The fundamental direction of the development of world history.The basic features of Marx and Engels’ world historical thought are: unity of universality and particularity,unity of theory and practice,unity of history and development.The theoretical significance of Marx and Engels’ world historical thought includes:it enriches historical materialism;it provides theoretical reference for the correct understanding and scientific response to globalization,and provides the theoretical basis for the exploration of the theory of new forms of human civilization and the construction of the concept of community of human destiny in the process of globalization.Its practical significance includes: it provides scientific guidance for promoting the development of "Chinese modernization";China can grasp the opportunities of the times with the concept of universal interaction;we should establish a sense of world history and strengthen the analysis and struggle against various erroneous trends,such as Western centrism,the theory of hierarchy of civilizations and the theory of clash of civilizations;and it provides the basis for promoting the "Belt and Road" initiative."One Belt One Road" initiative with theoretical guidance.