Reinterpretation of the New Form of Human Civilization: Perspectives on Marx’s Thought on Civilization

Abstract

Marx’s philosophy of civilization constitutes the epistemological foundation for comprehending the emergent civilizational paradigm, which embodies both fidelity to and dialectical transcendence of his original theoretical framework. To rigorously delineate their intrinsic organic interconnection, scholarly inquiry must adopt a dual methodological approach: first, reconstructing Marx’s theoretical architecture through philological excavation of his textual corpus; second, deploying hermeneutic phenomenology to decode the new paradigm’s immanent logic. Marx’s systematic interrogation of civilizational morphology—articulated through exhaustive analyses spanning published treatises and unpublished manuscripts that map sociocivilizational evolution—provides the conceptual matrix for engaging the new paradigm’s emergence. This dialectical engagement facilitates theoretical advancement by synthesizing Marxian axioms with contemporary historical praxis. Articulating the new paradigm’s praxiological significance through its symbiosis with empirically validated developmental trajectories constitutes not merely an epistemic imperative for theory-practice synthesis, but more critically, a strategic mobilization of civilizational forces toward emancipatory progress. The paradigm’s profound contemporaneity demands urgent systematic explication.