关于历史唯物主义中的社会有机体问题

从亚里士多德开始 ,西方哲学就有把事物作为一个有机的整体来考察的传统 ,黑格尔尤其如此。马克思继承了这一合理思想 ,认为一定的社会是建立在物质生产基础之上的有规律可循的相互作用的整体 ,随着生产力的发展 ,机体内部的结构和关系也会发生相应的改变 ,对社会有机体的研究方法也不是历史主义的发生学方法 ,本质上是功能分析方法。这对于我们今天正确认识和研究社会问题仍具有重要的现实意义

On the Problem of Society Organism in Historical Materialism

In west philosophy, the tradition to study a thing as an organic whole is from Aristotle, especially Hegel. Marx inherits this reasonable thought. In his historical materialism, Marx believes that society is an interactional whole whose rule can be found and based on material production. The structure and relation in the organism will change with the development of the productive forces. The studying method for society organism is not historical genetics but functional analysis in nature. These views still have important praxis meaning for us to understand and study societal problems correctly.