A Study Of Socialist Thought In The Critique Of The Gotha Programm

In the 1870 s,after the failure of the Paris Commune,the proletariat needed the guidance of the scientific socialist theory.Strengthening the construction of the working class political party and promoting the international communist movement became an important task that urgently needed to be realized at that time.Meanwhile,due to the prevalence of Lasalle opportunism,the socialist movement was greatly disturbed and destroyed.In addition,the Program of the German Workers’ Party seriously violated the principle of scientific socialism,and Marx wanted to criticize the wrong views more comprehensively and profoundly,which was the historical background of the formation of socialist thought in the Critique of the Gotha Program.The main content of socialist thought in Critique of Gotha Program can be summarized as "four theories",namely,the theory of historical orientation of socialism,the theory of development goal of socialism,the theory of economic base of socialism and the theory of realization path of socialism.The content of these four aspects,on the one hand,the continuation and inheritance of Marx’s previous socialist thought,especially manifests the objective law that socialism must replace capitalism,emphasizes the historical mission of the proletariat is to realize communism by abandoning capitalism,reiterates the proletariat revolutionary struggle to overthrow the bourgeois rule and establish the proletarian regime;On the other hand,the socialist thought in the Critique of the Gotha Programme also pushed the thought of scientific socialism to a new stage of theoretical development.Especially,in the Critique of the Gotha Programme,Marx explicitly explained for the first time the problems of the stage of future social development,the problems of distribution according to work,and the new requirements for the construction of proletarian political parties in response to Lasalle’s opportunism.Both are the development and innovation of socialist thought.Up to now,the socialist thought contained in the Critique of the Gotha Programme is still shining with the brilliance of truth,showing a strong contemporary interpretation power.We review the socialist thought of the Criticism of Gotha Programme for the purpose of providing experience reference and theoretical guidance for the scientific socialist movement in our country and even in the world.On the one hand,the socialist thought in the Critique of Gotha Programme provides a scientific and effective theoretical guidance and method for promoting the long-term development and progress of the world socialist cause and the reform of the global governance system.On the other hand,the socialist thought in the Critique of Gotha Program provides important theoretical support and practical guidance for implementing China’s "people-centered" development strategy,advancing the great project of Party building,and upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.