Discussion On The Thoughts Of Science And Technology In Engels’ "Outlines Of A Critique Of Political Economics"

The era in which Engels lived was an era of turbulence and turmoil,but also an era of infinite possibilities.He can see rumbling machines,he can see pot-bellied capitalists looking for pleasure,and he can see workers who are not covered and hungry sighing.From the croaking to the flourishing,from the Wupper’s Valley to Manchester.Young Engels’ horizons became broader and broader,and his thinking continued to mature.It is precise because of the living environment and growth process of Marx and Engels that Engels paid attention to the industrial revolution earlier.The Industrial Revolution and science and technology greatly promoted the transformation of young Engels’ thought.In Engels’ early literature,a considerable part of the industrial revolution and science and technology,especially the work“Outlines of a critique of political Economics”,contains very rich scientific and technological ideas.Based on the basic principles of Marxism and the development process of science and technology,combined with the basic characteristics of Engels’ era,this research systematically analyzes the scientific and technological ideas in Engels’ “Outlines of a critique of political Economics” from five parts by using the research methods of unity of history and logic,text analysis,summary and summarization,and linking theory with practice.The first part is an introduction,which mainly expounds on the background and significance of the selected topic,reviews and analyzes the research situation of Engels’ “Outlines of a critique of political Economics” by domestic and foreign scholars based on the existing literature,and puts forward the main research content and main innovation points of this study.The second part briefly summarizes the “Outlines of a critique of political Economics” from three aspects:writing background,purpose,and main content,and grasps the overall content of the“Outlines of a critique of political Economics” from a macro perspective.The third part is the main content of this research,which analyzes and elaborates the scientific and technological ideas in the “Outlines of a critique of political Economics” in an all-round way,and concludes that based on fully realizing the huge role of science and technology in production,Engels criticized Malthus’ s population theory and the anti-humane nature of bourgeois economics,pointed out the root cause of the capitalist system of science and technology and labor opposition,and then foreshadowed the conclusion of the close interaction between science and technology and society.At the same time,the ideological characteristics highlighted by the scientific and technological ideas in the “Outlines of a critique of political Economics” are briefly analyzed.The fourth part is from a historical perspective,comprehensively analyzing the growth value of the scientific and technological ideas in the “Outlines of a critique of political Economics” to Engels himself and the historical contribution to Marx’s view of science and technology.The fifth part returns to reality and comprehensively analyzes the contemporary value of scientific and technological ideas in the “Outlines of a critique of political Economics” from both theoretical and practical aspects.