恩格斯关于城市问题的思考及其当代意义

Engels' s Thoughts on City and Enlightenment in China's Urbanization

当前我国城市化发展取得巨大成就同时也带来一些问题。1844年,恩格斯在《英国工人阶级状况》中对城市发展给城市和农村带来的巨大影响进行了详细分析,指出了城市的空间隔离、人口增多、留守儿童、城乡矛盾、人与人关系冷漠等等问题,这些对于当今分析世界范围内的城市问题依然具有不可或缺的当代价值。城市发展要求我们重新思考城市的界限、功能和城市的权利。城市发展不应只是经济的发展,而是一种生活方式,这种生活方式是适宜人居住、生存和发展的。

The development of urbanization in China has made great achievements, but also brings some problems. In1844, Engels analyzed the huge impact of urban development on the city and countryside in The Condition of the Working class in England. He pointed out that urban space isolation, population increase, problems of left behind children, the contradiction between urban and rural areas, and indifference still has an application value for the analysis of China＇s urbanization development problem. Urban development requires us to rethink the limits, functions and rights of a city. It should not only include economic development, but a way of life suitable for survival.