{"id":1409,"date":"2024-04-01T13:42:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T11:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolofcommunism.com\/?post_type=talk&#038;p=1409"},"modified":"2024-07-03T19:08:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T17:08:39","slug":"why-we-need-a-theory-of-history","status":"publish","type":"talk","link":"https:\/\/schoolofcommunism.com\/de\/talk\/why-we-need-a-theory-of-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Warum wir eine Geschichtstheorie brauchen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Der b\u00fcrgerliche Historiker Arnold Toynbee sagte einmal: \u201cGeschichte ist nur eine verflixte Tatsache nach der anderen.\u201d Dieses Referat wird jedoch erkl\u00e4ren, dass unter all den scheinbaren Zuf\u00e4llen, die die Geschichte ausmachen, allgemeine Gesetze liegen, die studiert und verstanden werden k\u00f6nnen. Das bedeutet, dass das Studium der Geschichte Ihnen erm\u00f6glichen kann, bestimmte Vorhersagen zu treffen, um zuk\u00fcnftige K\u00e4mpfe zum Erfolg zu f\u00fchren. Aus diesem Grund ist es f\u00fcr Kommunisten von entscheidender Bedeutung, eine Geschichtstheorie zu haben.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Uhr<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull stack-on-tablet--portrait is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-04a0e3a1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column h-animate--from-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group h-animate--from-bottom has-border-color has-foreground-border-color is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:2px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0;\" title=\"YouTube-Videoplayer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ceiwgC21kn8?si=k0GKfYaXQXuliSF4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:19px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group h-animate--from-bottom has-border-color has-foreground-border-color is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:2px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0;\" title=\"YouTube-Videoplayer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GBSpAZzT4Ic?si=gpijbQh9FAzeM5LU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Leseliste<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Artikel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxist.com\/an-introduction-to-historical-materialism.htm\">Was ist Historischer Materialismus? \u2013 Alan Woods<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/marx\/works\/1859\/critique-pol-economy\/index.htm\">Zur Kritik der Politischen \u00d6konomie \u2013 Karl Marx<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/plekhanov\/1898\/xx\/individual.html\">Zur Rolle des Individuums in der Geschichte \u2013 Plechanow<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>B\u00fccher<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Der Achtzehnte Brumaire des Louis Bonaparte<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 Karl Marx<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-970db89b wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/marx\/works\/1852\/18th-brumaire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Online lesen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wellred-books.com\/eighteenth-brumaire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buch kaufen<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wellred-books.com\/class-struggle-in-the-roman-republic\/\"><em>Klassenkampf in der R\u00f6mischen Republik<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 Alan Woods<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Der Ursprung der Familie, des Privateigentums und des Staates&nbsp;<\/em>\u2013 Friedrich Engels<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-970db89b wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/marx\/works\/1884\/origin-family\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Online lesen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wellred-books.com\/the-origin-of-the-family-private-property-and-the-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buch kaufen<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Podcasts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/4uaFivATvgs97n01ciVYGK?si=ff539938a18e4a5b\">Was kann ich tun? Die Rolle des Individuums in der Geschichte \u2013 Ben Curry<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9Urzy80TyAM\">Die marxistische Geschichtsauffassung: historischer Materialismus \u2013 Josh Holroyd<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bourgeois historian Arnold Toynbee once said that \u201chistory is just one damn fact after another\u201d. This talk will explain, however, that underlying all the seeming accidents that make up history are general laws which can be studied and understood. This means that the study of history can enable you to make certain predictions in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1924,"featured_media":1400,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1409","talk","type-talk","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2024-day-5-morning-session"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why we need a theory of history - World School of Communism<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/schoolofcommunism.com\/de\/talk\/why-we-need-a-theory-of-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why we need a theory of history - World School of Communism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The bourgeois historian Arnold Toynbee once said that \u201chistory is just one damn fact after another\u201d. 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