自由是一个重要概念,是社会主义核心价值观之一。马克思历史唯物主义中的自由概念,具有以下几个重要维度:其一,马克思的自由概念具有实践性、历史性,即自由的实现离不开一定的物质基础和社会环境;其二,自由是人的能力、素质的提高,这是马克思自由概念的现实性维度;其三,马克思主要是从"社会关系"的维度看待自由,每个人的自由与一切人自由的关系是马克思关注的重点。就此而言,马克思的自由概念具有批判性,批判了资产阶级法律意义上的自由,遮蔽了背后的"社会关系",从而在一个制高点上探索自由,夯实了历史唯物主义的理论基础。
Freedom is an important concept and one of the core values of socialism. The concept of freedom in Marx’ s historical materialism has some important dimensions as follows:firstly, Marx’ s freedom concept is practi-cal and historical, that is, freedom cannot be realized without a certain material base and social environment;sec-ondly, freedom is the improvement of man’ s ability and quality, which is the dimension of reality in Marx’ s free-dom concept;thirdly, Marx mainly approached freedom in the perspective of“social relations” , so the freedom of each person and the relations of freedom among all persons are Marx’ s major concern. In this regard, Marx’ s free-dom concept is critical of the bourgeois legal sense of freedom for its obscurity of “the social relationship” behind freedom, thereby having explored freedom at an elevated manner and consolidating the theoretical foundation of his-torical materialism.