Journal of Hebei University(Philosophy and Social Science) ›› 2022, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (4): 37-44.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1005-6378.2022.04.005

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The Unique Contribution of Engels to the Conformation of the Idea of “Community of Free Individuals”

WANG Hongbo,WANG Yajie   

  1. College of Marxism, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
  • Received:2022-01-17 Online:2022-09-14 Published:2022-09-14

Abstract: The thought of“Community of Free Individuals”is an important thought in The Communist Manifesto.Engels made a unique contribution to the conformation of this thought.Based on the classical texts,Engels revealed the disordered facts of the bourgeois society from the perspective of social order,expounding the necessity of constructing the“Community of Free Individuals”.He demonstrated the principle of common interests to be followed by the communist society from the perspective of interests,expounding the superiority of the“Community of Free Individuals”.He elaborated the loss of humanity in the bourgeois society from the perspective of the relationship between humanity and freedom,expounding the value of the“Community of Free Individuals”,and put forward the revolutionary road of eliminating capitalist private ownership,overthrowing bourgeois governance and realizing communism from the perspective of social practice,expounding the revolutionary nature of the“Community of Free Individuals”.

Key words: Engels, Community of Free Individuals, necessity, superiority, value, revolutionary nature

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