霍耐特的物化理论与马克思的异化理论之比较

作为社会批判理论,霍耐特从人与人之间应该平等的规范承诺出发,以其承认理论为基础,认为物化是一个社会病理学概念。它是对主体间交往过程中承认遗忘的描述,以“承认遗忘”赋予物化新的内涵。与霍耐特分析视角不同,马克思的劳动异化理论批判的是“资本逻辑”,是运用人的自由全面发展理论对资本主义社会生产活动中必然发生的主客异化关系进行批判分析。二者虽然都使用了“异化”与“物化”相近的概念,实质上有着不同的语境、所指和理论内涵。由于同为社会批判理论,然而也有着相同的理论特性与实践诉求。

The Comparison of Honneth's Reification Theory and Marx's Alienation Theory

In social criticism theory, Honneth starts from the normative commitment that each individual should be equal, and believes that reification is a concept of pathology upon principle recognition. Reification describes the forgotten recognition in the process of interaction between subjects. It adds new meaning to reification by "recognition forgotten". Unlike the perspective of Honneth, Marx''s theory of labor alienation criticizes "the capital logic". Also, it analyzes and criticizes the fact of alienation relationship between subject and object in capitalist social production activity by applying the theory of people''s free and all-round development. Although they both use the similar concepts of "alienation" and "reification", the two ideas essentially have different contexts, signified and theoretical connotations. However, as social critical theory, they share the same theoretical properties and practical demands.