Open Fang Jun’s new book "Loose Leaves of Thought—A Special Study on Historical Materialism" (Social Science Literature Press 2022 Edition)，Reading through familiar papers，Those gradually forgotten times become vivid again；And the shining new work，It resonates with current bet365 tennis bet thought。Actually，The symbol of a nation’s zeitgeist，It started from serious bet365 tennis bet writing。should say，Our generation is lucky，Because we have encountered the best period of development of modern Chinese society。So，There is no reason why we should not dedicate the essence of all our thoughts as much as possible。For myself，From "Back to Marx - Philosophical Discourse in the Economic Context" written more than 20 years ago，To the upcoming "Return to Marx - Critique of Civil Society and Labor Alienation in Social Situation Theory"，It’s all this kind of dedicated bet365 tennis bet effort。One breath is still there，You must fight。

"Fang Jun's article "Perhaps published in "Philosophical Research" in 2000 is included in "The Loose Leaves of Thought - A Special Study on Historical Materialism"，Raising a flag is not important》，bet365 tennis bet the rare academic review after the publication of my "Return to Marx - Philosophical Discourse in the Economic Context" more than 20 years ago。Strictly speaking，This is not a book review，bet365 tennis bet a serious thought on the positioning of intellectual history from high-end academic editors of first-class academic journals。No matter to me，Or the works of other scholars，Fang Jun did not simply give unreflective approval，Questioning and thinking in critical distance，Ensuring the authenticity of historical markers in the progress of intellectual history。Fang Jun’s question more than 20 years ago was: He raised a theoretical banner by “returning to Marx”，What kind of tree can be planted under this flag，What the fruit is” is more important，A seemingly original academic creation，How to communicate with "Pay attention to social life、Combining the issues of the times with the sufferings of the masses”？(Page 335) This kind of doubt that strikes people’s hearts，Of course it hurts me deeply。For many years，This kind of critical reflection always accompanies my research。In Fang Jun’s opinion，“Philosophy is not knowledge”，But a critical reflection on real life。Actually，This is exactly Marx’s understanding of philosophy。bet365 tennis bet in this sense，"Marxism is a practical science，People’s theory”，“Having some selfish desires、Selfish、Private name、Self-interest cannot penetrate into the depths of Marx’s soul” (Preface page 4)。For this，I feel the same way。But，Another question I am thinking about at the same time is: integrating theory with practice is certainly the realistic character of Marxism，But what kind of theory to use to relate to reality may be a more prior issue。Because，Using Western bourgeois ideas to pass off Marx’s views，Or use a dogmatic conceptual system to pretend to be Marxism，And simply “relate them to reality”，The negative effects may be greater。This is why I repeatedly emphasize that we must first understand Marx’s original historical ideological situation，Only in this way can it be possible to combine the scientific worldview and methodology of historical materialism with "paying attention to social life、Combining the issues of the times with the sufferings of the masses”。Abstract "theory combined with practice"，Always assume that you already have the absolute truth of Marxism in your hands，Then use it to arrange real life。For this simple and crude approach，The past history has left us with painful lessons。

However，Fang Jun’s new question is: Do you want to “go back to Marx”，Give us an “original context” of Marx’s thought，Then，"How can I ensure that the 'Marx' interpreted by 'I' is the real 'Marx'"？(page 334) Objectively speaking，I really can’t guarantee bet365 tennis bet。I’m afraid no one can guarantee bet365 tennis bet。This is the secret of Article 2 of Marx’s “Theses on Feuerbach”。Because，All later scholars’ interpretations of Marx’s historical texts，They are all just using the real life of a specific era，Reverse understanding of a subjective reconstruction of a historical situation in which people did not live at all，The essence of all theoretical interpretations in a specific era，bet365 tennis bet must be the “relationship between me and my environment” that occurs in practical activities under certain historical conditions。More than forty years ago，When my teacher Hu Fuming reiterated that "Practice is the standard for testing all truth"，What is also revealed is Marx’s own epistemological viewpoint of “non-divine vision”。Remember when I was writing the book "Back to Lenin" in 2007，In the context of contextual theory，I began to gradually replace the "I think" that I used without thinking in the book "Back to Marx" with "I speculate"，Some of my friends have raised doubts: If you are not sure that the understanding of Lenin in your book is the "truth"，Then why did you write bet365 tennis bet？Actually，Professing to hold something that is absolutely correct，Be aware that your own opinions always contain the possibility of error，They are already two completely different epistemological concepts。

Of course，The historical situations each of us encounters in the process of academic research are very complex。On the one hand，For a scholar，Publish original academic papers or publish academic works，Exclude realistic utilitarian factors，The purpose is to enable readers to gain new knowledge。Talk to the bigger picture，bet365 tennis bet also a generation’s response to the history of thought。However，According to the objective laws of information dissemination and acceptance，If the amount of new information contained in an academic text exceeds a certain limit，The dissemination and acceptance of new information will be greatly reduced。I’m afraid，This is also the reason why Heidegger, whose academic thought far exceeded the consensus of the academic field at the same time, wrote "secret documents" ("From the Origin - Philosophical Essays", etc.。When I wrote the book "Back to Marx—Philosophical Discourse in the Economic Context" more than 20 years ago，Afraid of using too many new concepts or proposing a lot of new ideas，Can cause dyslexia in readers，So many new terms and ideas that seemed likely to be misleading were deleted in the final submission。Even so，This book still received unexpected huge impact and misunderstanding after it was published。Until the publication of the book "Back to Lenin" in 2008，I just formally proposed the idea of ​​"Context Theory"。After，Of course bet365 tennis bet an expected serious cognitive disorder。Predictable，The second volume of "Back to Marx" that I have completed so far，Because there is no longer any suppression of originality in academic thought categories and viewpoints，Its publication will also encounter new cognitive fractures predicted by the "laws" of communication。

On the other hand，For a scholar, good articles and treatises，The luckiest thing is to meet a scholarly editor who truly knows the goods。Remember when I published the paper "Analysis of Marx's Ad hoc Provisions on the Naturalness of Social and Historical Development" in "Philosophical Research" in 1991，A young teacher working in a municipal party school，Mr. Wang Yuheng from the editorial department at that time polished my article，Spent a lot of effort，Discuss over and over again，Revised again and again，He is a stranger to me，Just for the emergence of a new academic perspective。Good magazine，bet365 tennis bet a land that cultivates scholars and leads ideas；Good edit，I am a thinker myself，He knows what kind of articles will promote academic growth。I know Fang Jun，It was also when he was working in "Philosophical Studies"。After the publication of "Back to Marx"，There are very few readers who as keenly grasp the logical transition from the young Marx’s “humanistic phenomenology” to “historical phenomenology” as he did。In his opinion，"Back to Marx" proposed that "'social materialism' constitutes an important theoretical source of historical materialism，While providing a critical interpretation of classical economics，Developed a critical study of the history of the dynamics of capitalist economic life，bet365 tennis bet the further deepening of historical materialism、The fundamental prerequisite for enrichment and development” (pp. 332-333)。I thought，If you don’t have an in-depth understanding of Marx’s classic literature，bet365 tennis bet impossible to generate such profound comments。Open Fang Jun’s article "The Critical Dimension and Strength of Social Semiotic Theory"，You will be very surprised to see the author’s profound academic background，And the depth of his philosophical thinking in the context of Marxist economics: commodities as "an inverted and negative power and relationship" that appears in the exchange relationship，From a semiotic perspective，It not only reflects the separation of natural existence (use value) and pure economic existence (value)，bet365 tennis bet more reflected in the separation and inversion of the signifier and the signified，Commodity as a symbol，Completely becoming an alienated force that dominates people (pages 230-231)。This directly reaches the forefront of basic theoretical research on Marxism、The most profound thinking section。From this，Only you will know and believe in Fang Jun’s academic vision。

Actually，In the process of my own academic development，I have met many such excellent editors and teachers from magazines and publishing houses，bet365 tennis bet in their hard work of managing "other people's wedding clothes" away from the spotlight，Growth as a scholar，Academic maturity。Chinese academics can be what they are today，We should be grateful to them who are unknown。For the opposing army，Academic research comes from his unwillingness to do so after his busy editing and revision work。But，The scattered leaves of this kind of thinking reveal the extremely precious light of thought in our era。Very hopeful，This light can illuminate the way forward。

(The author is a professor at the Marxist bet365 tennis bet Theory Research Center and Philosophy Department of Nanjing University)