How Is the“Beauty of Labour”Possible:Its Contemporary Value on the Basis of Marxist Aesthetic Thought:
(Xiang Ya-fang)
SMarx revealed the secrets of beauty through productive labour and explained the dialectical relationship between labour and beauty,namely beauty comes from productive labour,and the latter can also reveal the essence of the former.On this basis,Marx criticised the capitalist system of private ownership for weakening the aesthetic capacity of workers,resulting in the paradox of alienated labour and beauty.At present,although there are chronological and spatial differences between socialism with Chinese characteristics and the era in which Marx lived,Marx’s idea of the“beauty of labour”still has historical penetrating power and realistic interpretative strength.We should continue to promote the beauty of labour,eliminate all kinds of wrong comments that denigrate labour,restore labour to its own value and significance,and enable workers to realise the free and comprehensive development of human beings in the process of value creation