Abstract：“Production relations” is a core concept of historical materialism. From the perspective of historical facts, the process of Marx’s thought including “ration → state → civil society → production → closeness to production relations → production relations”, is also the process of the establishment of historical materialism. The formation of the concept of “production relations” is consistent with the establishment of historical materialism. The concept of production relations is of decisive significance to the systematic elucidation of historical materialism. On the one hand, its influence is embodied in the scientific formulation of the basic concepts of historical materialism. On the other hand, it is reflected in the scientific interpretation of some basic principles of historical materialism. In order to accurately understand and grasp production relations, we should pay attention to such basic views in Marx’s study of production relations, as the view of holisticness, the view of “universal light”, the view of worldwideness and the view of historicalness.
Feng Ziyi. Rethinking of the Relationship Between Production Relations and Historical Materialism[J]. Journal of Peking University(Philosophy and Social Sciences), 2022, 59(5): 5-14.
