和谐社会的历史钩沉与现实构建

History and Reality of Harmonious Society

我国社会主义社会的现实条件,提供了建构和谐社会的社会基础和客观要求。中国历史上和谐社会的种种设想的一个共同特点是与传统社会相对应的静态和谐。西方思想史上,真正把“和谐社会”作为社会理论概念提出来的是马克思。他强调人是社会关系的总和,“提倡社会和谐”。社会的经济、政治、文化、生活的各个领域和部分都存在相互联系,相互作用的关系,它们的和谐结构是和谐社会的表征。构建和谐社会,首要的是要实现社会阶层之间的和谐,构建和谐的人际关系,关键的是必须进行社会体制和社会结构的调整。

The reality of Chinese socialist society affords the social foundation and external request. The common feature of harmonious society is static harmony corresponding to traditional society. In the west history of thought Marx was the first one who put forward “harmonious society” as a concept of social idea. He stressed that the human being is the summation of all the social relations, and advocated “ harmonious society”. All the aspects of society including economy, politics, culture and life connect with each other. This harmonious framework is the symbol of harmonious society. Building a harmonious society the first thing to do is to realize harmony of social classes, to build harmonious human relations, and the pivotal point is to modulate social system and configuration.