The Intrinsic Logic of Marx's Need for Theory and Common Prosperity in Spiritual Life 
Jiao Junzhuo

Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua Zhejiang, 321001;

Abstract: Shared prosperity in spiritual life constitutes a pivotal link and crucial focal point for achieving Chinese modernization and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Marxist theory must provide an ontological foundation for shared prosperity in spiritual life by addressing the objective social nature of individual needs; drive the dialectical unity of individual spiritual development and human civilization's progress through the spiral ascension of class needs; and establish a benchmark for measuring shared prosperity in spiritual life by leveraging the interactive relationship between social needs and societal development.Deeply understanding the logical convergence between the goal of common prosperity in spiritual life and people's needs at the normative level constitutes a concrete interpretation of Marx's theory of "the full development of human beings" in the new era. It also provides a value-based guide for steering spiritual production and dissemination back onto the normative track of "satisfying the people's spiritual and cultural needs."

Keywords: Marx's theory of needs; spiritual life; common prosperity

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