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On Engels’ Critique of Capitalist Modernization and Its Contemporary Implications —Based on a Comprehensive Analysis of Engels’ Major Works
- Authors: HanFei Wang
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Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China
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Keywords:
Friedrich Engels; Capitalist Modernization; Chinese path to modernization; Engels’ Critical Theory
- Abstract: As a proletarian revolutionary closely linked to industry and commerce, Friedrich Engels had profound practical experience with the advanced productive forces of capitalist society. By criticizing capitalism for its historical crimes, he completed a dual transformation, which enabled him, alongside Karl Marx, to transcend the utopian critiques of capitalism raised by earlier socialists. In their critique of capitalist society, they elucidated the path of transformation, general characteristics, and prospects of a new social formation, thereby charting a course and direction for the cause of proletarian liberation. An analysis of capitalist modernization and its developmental trajectory in Engels’ key works from different periods helps to form a Marxist holistic understanding of the theoretical evolution of scientific socialism and the scientific socialist essence of socialism with Chinese characteristics. It also facilitates a deeper interpretation of the features of the Chinese path to modernization and its transcendence over capitalist modernization, offering significant insights for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics.
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.35534/neip.0802021 (registering DOI)
- Cite: Wang, H. F. (2026). On Engels’ Critique of Capitalist Modernization and Its Contemporary Implications—Based on a Comprehensive Analysis of Engels’ Major Works. New Exploration of Ideology and Politics, 8(2), 238–247.
