Abstract: It is both logical and appropriate to name Marx’s theory as “Marx’s new world view”. Engels interpreted it as “historical materialism” or “materialist conception of history” from the methodology category. The western Marxists made a reinterpretation of this form of interpretation, leading not only to the formation of such hermeneutic paradigms as the theory of practice originated from Lukacs’s “principal function of historical materialism” and the “practical materialism” from Gramsci’s “practical philosophy”, but also the emergence of a series of new statements, which have promoted the researches in this field from different aspects. Though these two forms of interpretation can find some grounds in Marx’s own writings, they are not the direct terms in Marx’s texts; although they can reflect Marx’s new world view from the methodology level, they are different from Mark’s new world view system at some levels. We should cherish the research arguments and academic conclusions concerning Marx’s new world view made by the western Marxists and many scholars abroad, but we cannot simply transplant or imitate their established conclusions, never accept their hints intentionally or unintentionally.

Key words: Western Marxists; carrier of Marx’s new world view; originality of Marxist philosophical studies