Marx's Concept of the"Naturally Formed Community"and the Chinese National Community
The form of community represents a way of connecting people,and how people are con-nected is the key to every form of community.At the stage of"naturally formed community",early human societies exhibited limited ownership of pro-ductive resources.The"land",which contains the relationship between humanity and nature,provid-ed food and clothing for human beings as well as a communal arena.At the same time,due to the rel-atively simple interpersonal dynamics,families,clans,and others linked by the inherent"interper-sonal ties"of"blood"became the basic units within communal structures.In addition,the bonds of these"naturally formed communities"revolved around"land"and"blood relationship",often in-tertwining these elements.Shifting to China today,on the one hand,the Chinese national community actually carries the relationship between humans and their natural environment in its origins,hereby forming an objective mechanism underlying the for-mation and evolution of the Chinese national com-munity.On the other hand,the formation of the Chinese national community followed a path of hu-man differentiation from animals in terms of labor activities:In fact,all humans not only have a bio-logical scale distinct from other species but also an internal scale defined by human nature itself.Hu-man interactions with nature at these two scales therefore have concretely shaped the specific form and content of the Chinese national community.Turning again to contemporary China,this piece further posits that Marx's insights into the"naturally formed community,"highlighting the dependence of humans on objective material condi-tions for survival and the objective laws governing human relations,likely is still objectively present in the Chinese national community.The form of a"naturally formed community"remains conducive to providing a theoretical and practical framework for the Chinese national community to understand the human-nature relationship and advancing an ecological civilization.The Chinese national com-munity has formed a new content of the time in the ideological consensus,practical logic,and a value orientation that the nation and the country share the same destiny,surpassing the understanding of human universality as the innate form of the natural world.In terms of addressing contemporary issues,common value lineages,and holistic developmental strategies,the Chinese national community has provided an era blueprint to achieving multi-di-mensional sustainable progress and comprehensive human flourishing from the perspective of the na-tional community.Moreover,it has furnished a theoretical basis and era space for generating more diverse interactions between different groups,so-cial strata,ethnicities,and countries.To conclude,both the"tangible"existence and"intangible"existence of the Chinese national community has been aiming to secure the people's survival and production,and improve their living conditions through the means of"mission history"and"historical mission".Based on historical,the-oretical,and practical definitions of humankind and nature,as well as senses of human fulfillment,the Chinese national community has been seeking to provide value and significance for human realiza-tion beyond mere survival.As the world is con-stantly evolving,human society likewise is to pur-sue evolution and progress.The Chinese national community is departing from a merely"naturally formed community"and,with its tangible disinte-gration and intangible form and purpose,has been contributing to greater justice consistency,common progress,and integrated universality in shaping a practical form and value content of human social development in the evolution of a civilized commu-nity.
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