Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction - The development of Marxist philosophy today -- 1. Phi losophy and life -- 2. On the modernity of Marxist philosophy from the point of view of the transition of philosophy -- 3. The history of stud ies of Marx's texts and reflections on their methodology : a preliminar y review -- 4. Economics as an historical science ; a philosophical re view of the crisis of economics -- 5. The implicaion of neglecting Rica rdo in the interpretation of Karl Marx's philosophy : a comment on G. L ukac's interpretation of Marx -- 6. The study of Marxist western philos ophy in Chinese academe and its defects - The content of a contemporary Marxist philosophy-- 7. The Marxist negation of metaphysics -- 8. Mar x's philosophy and ontology -- 9. On truth, goodness and beauty -- 10. The theory of will -- 11. A reconsideration of Marx's idea of "The Ass ociation of Free Individuals" -- 12. Love : partial or equal? -- A comp arative study of confucian, Mohist and christian love -- 13. The existe ntial turn and practice-existentialism.