Abstract:

If you put aside commodity economy，"fetishism" could have a broader meaning. Fetishism referred to the religion that the primitive man worships certain objects before the concept of god was clear. Now，fetishism is also used as a metaphor for the worship of something. There is not only broad meaning，but also a specific domain or context associated metaphorical connotations in Marx's fetishism. Marx believed that the product，established in the social collaboration and division of labor relations，became independent of the social relations existed outside of alienation. The fascination，worship and chase of this alienation exist was a typical fetishism，which developed from commodity fetishism to money fetishism and last to capital fetishism. Based on Marx's theory of fetishism，concluding 3 criteria to judge whether the fetishism exists in a society (known as the "Fetishism Ascertain Law")：first，implementation
of commodity economy; second，the economic exploitation; third，a class，who does not represent the interests of majority people and have a monopoly on executive power，social wealth.

Key words: Marx, Das Kapital, fetishism, criticism