Author(s)

Yuan Xiao ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Geely University of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Corresponding Author

Yuan Xiao

ABSTRACT

The development of the two industrial revolutions boosted the level of industrialization of society, liberated social productive forces and increased the accumulation of social wealth. However, the utilization of big machines in capitalist society has also brought about a series of problems, namely, the widening of the social gap between the rich and the poor and the intensification of social class conflicts. Based on this, Engels turned his scrutiny to the field of technology, and based on the standpoint of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, he broke through the limitations of examining technology in the economic field, and probed deeply into the dialectical relationship between technology and human beings, nature and society. Engels' technological thought is distinctly comprehensive, practical and forward-looking, providing theoretical guidance for the steady progress of China's socialist modernization.

KEYWORDS

Engels; Scientific and Technical Thought; Technological Alienation; Contemporary Value

CITE THIS PAPER

Yuan Xiao, A Primer on Engels' Technical Thought and Its Contemporary Value. Philosophy Journal (2024) Vol. 3: 58-63. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/phij.2024.030110.

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