马克思恩格斯论英国的工业革命及其启示

Marx and Engels’ Analysis on the UK’s Industrial Revolution and Its Revelation

工业革命是人类历史上最具有划时代意义的伟大革命,使人类从“以自然经济为主导的农业文明时代”跃升到“以市场经济为主导的工业文明时代”。18世纪的英国凭借工业革命成为历史上第一个现代化强国,称霸世界长达两个世纪。马克思恩格斯处于工业革命蓬勃发展的时代,就工业革命对经济、政治和社会变革等方面予以肯定,同时也对资本主义带来的阶级矛盾激化、贫富差距扩大和周期性经济危机爆发等负面影响严厉批判。学习马克思恩格斯关于工业革命的思想,有助于深化如何走好处于中国特色社会主义工业化道路和实现第四次工业革命的认识,有利于走好中国特色社会主义现代化道路。

The industrial revolution is the most epoch-making great revolution in human history, making humans jump from “the era of agricultural civilization dominated by natural economy” to “the era of industrial civilization dominated by market economy”. In the 18th century, Britain became the first modern power in history with the industrial revolution and dominated the world for two centuries. In the era of the booming industrial revolution, Marx and Engels affirmed the industrial revolution on economic, political and social changes. At the same time, the negative impact on the intensification of class contradictions brought about by capitalism, the expansion of the gap between the rich and the poor, and the outbreak of cyclical economic crisis. Learning Marx and Engels’ thoughts on the industrial revolution can help deepen how to follow the road of socialist industrialization with Chinese characteristics and realize the fourth industrial revolution.