Seeking Marx -- Analysis and Discussion of the Logic of Marx's Theory of Human Liberation in the Context of the Times

Author: Wei Xiaoping
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: To some extent, this book adopts the research method of object-oriented relationships formed in the book "Introduction to the Subject and Object of History." Marxist dialectics and historical materialism serve as the fundamental ideological methods. Although there are certain problems in specific examples, overall, as the basic ideological methods, they are deeply rooted in the author's mind. People should not doubt this point simply because they are unaccustomed to the author's expression of problems and methods. Without a doubt, the admiration for the analytical philosophy techniques in clarifying concepts motivated me to attempt to use the methods of analytical philosophy to resolve some difficult theoretical dilemmas. There is one more point that needs to be explained: the liberal theory discussed in this book as an opposing viewpoint for comparative discussion compares its basic principles with those of Marxism, ignoring the differences between its old and new, left and right variations. Such fundamental differences not only exist between Marx and the political economic theories he critiqued but also between Marx and the critically inherited Hegelian economic theories. The discussion on the relationship between justice and equality in liberalism is targeted at its left-wing representatives, who, in principle, have no differences with the former. The differences between the two lie in their stances on defending the fundamental principles and their attitudes toward corrective measures.