CAJ | 학술논문

To Fully Understand the Role of Capital： An Important Point Overlooked in Capital and Its Manuscripts Zhao Jiaxiang Marx＇s Capital and its manuscripts do not deny the positive role of the capitalist system when they expose and criticize the sin and the negative role of capitalist system. Marx pointed out many times that compared with slavery and serfdom, the way the capitalist system extracted surplus labor was more civilized, and the capital played a great role in the history of civilization. But for a long time, that people only pay attention to Marx＇s revelation and criticism on the sin and negative role of capitalist system, and intentionally or unintentionally neglect Marx＇s affirmation of great civiliza- tions role of capital, reflect people＇s great misunderstanding of Capital and its manuscripts. We can specify the great civilizations role of Capital from such three aspects as promoting the development of productive forces and creating material and technical conditions for new future society, creating more free time and forging comprehensive highly qualified personnel for new future society, promoting the production of new social factors and breeding and formatting factors of production relations of future socialism. It is the duality of the historical role and two scales of historical evaluation of Capital that cause the one-sided understanding and misunderstanding of Capital and its manuscripts.