The Epistemology Meaning of Historical Materialism in Marx's Social Form Thought
Marx's thought on social forms marks his problem consciousness in criticizing capitalist society,and also contains rich epistemological implications of historical materialism.Firstly,the connotation and theoretical characteristics of Marx's social form ideology deeply reveal the premise of historical materialism epistemology.Secondly,based on the unique problem consciousness of capitalist social criticism,Marx defined the object of historical materialism epistemology as"social form—capitalist form".Thirdly,Marx scientifically assumed the dialectical movement laws of capitalist form and its ontological premise as pure form,and discovered various specific laws of the operation and development of capitalist society based on this,achieving the theoretical goal of understanding and scientifically criticizing the limited nature of capitalist society.Examining the epistemology of historical materialism from the perspective of social form ideology has significant theoretical significance for a deeper understanding of the basic principles of Marxism.
Social FormHistorical Materialism EpistemologyCapitalist FormPure Form