Marx's Double Critique of Modern Industry and Science and Its Contemporary Development
Marx used two metaphors to launch a double critique of modern industry and science in his"Speech at the Fourth Anniversary Banquet of the People's Paper":taking the metaphor of"extremely dangerous revolutionaries"as a factual critique of modern industry and science,he pointed out that the antagonism between modern industry and science as a new social force and modern misery and dissolution is a distinctive feature of the capitalist era;using the metaphor of"shrewd spirit"to criticize the attitude towards modern industry and science,he clarified that only the proletarian can regulate modern industry and science by means of social revolution.Ideologically,Xi Jin-ping's important discussion on science and technology in the new era is in the same vein with Marx's dual critique of modern industry and science.With accurate positioning,conceptual innovation,and clear requirements for science and technology,Xi's remarks are theoretical innovations on the development of science and technology in the new era,and provide strong theoretical support for the development of such kinds.