Introduction to Hiromatsu Wataru's "relational ontology"

Journal: Region - Educational Research and Reviews DOI: 10.32629/rerr.v6i5.2152

Tianjiao ZHAO

School of Marxism, Capital Normal University

Abstract

Hiromatsu Wataru proposed that there was a "discontinuity" in the transformation of Marxist thought between 1844 and 1845, mainly manifested as the transformation of early Marxist philosophical thought from entity ontology to relational ontology. In the process of exploring the transformation of early Marxist thought, Hiromatsu Wataru formed the cornerstone of his "relational ontology" – Versachlichung. When exploring the leap from alienation to Versachlichung in Marxist thought, Hiromatsu attempted to combine Marxist relativism with phenomenology. Based on the logic of the development of "Versachlichung", in order to break the epistemology featuring binary opposition of "subjective -objective" since modern philosophy, and understand and transform the world in the way of "limb structure", a key link in the "relational ontology" has been formed.

Keywords

Hiromatsu Wataru; relational ontology; Versachlichung

References

[1] Hiromatsu W. 2003. The Outpost of the World Picture of Things. Translated by Zhao Zhongming and Li Bin. Nanjing: Nanjing University Press, 2.
[2] Hiromatsu W. 2002. Archetype of Historical Materialism. Translated by Deng Xiyi. Nanjing: Nanjing University Press, 36.

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