From Hierarchical Difference to Class Antagonism:the Essential Implication and Theoretical Value of Marx's Concept of Class
Marx's concept of class signifies not merely general hierarchical difference between people,confined to the superficial and formal distinctions based on political status and economic wealth,but moreover,it indicates the essential antagonisms rooted in the his-torical fundamental structure of social production relations.Class is a historical category.The human society has gradually moved from the natural hierarchical difference to the era of social class opposition,which implies great historical progress and also a latent deeper social hierarchy.Marx's concept of class has completed the theoretical confirmation of this historical reality,revealed the essential law of human historical development,realized the overall and scientific criticism of such theories or doctrines as German classical philoso-phy,classical political economy and utopian socialism,and has historically generated a scientific theory of human liberation.
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