恩格斯早期对资本主义的批判及其意义

恩格斯青年时期在完成自身思想转变的过程中,从物质利益出发,曾经对资本主义进行过激烈的批判,认为资产阶级自由主义诉诸于抽象原则,使资本主义国家制度表现出了基督教国家的本质.资本主义私有制造成了人对物的异化,使金钱成为社会的统治力量.只有在共产主义条件下,公共利益和个人利益才会获得一致,人类才会重新掌握自己.取代资本主义私有制,完成对现实社会的改造,必然要以社会革命为依归.恩格斯早期对资本主义的批判,为创立马克思主义世界观做出了积极贡献,对于我们理解马克思主义哲学的革命精神也具有重要意义.

On Engels' Criticism of Capitalism in His Early Times and Its Significance

Engels criticized capitalism drastically based on material interests when he underwent the change of his world view in his youth.He thought that capitalistic state show itself as a Christian one,for bourgeois liberalism resorts to abstract principles.Capitalist private ownership engenders human dissimilation to object,which makes money become the regnant power of society.Only in communist society can common interests and private interests be consistent,and people predominate themselves again.We must rely on social revolution when we try to replace capitalistic private ownership and rebuild our society.Engels' criticism of capitalism in his early times is good to build Marxist world view and can help us to grasp the revolutionary spirit of Marxist philosophy.