{"id":31806,"date":"2026-06-12T12:43:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T10:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolofcommunism.com\/talk\/progress-decline-and-the-marxist-view-of-history\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T17:29:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:29:46","slug":"progress-decline-and-the-marxist-view-of-history","status":"publish","type":"talk","link":"https:\/\/schoolofcommunism.com\/de\/talk\/progress-decline-and-the-marxist-view-of-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortschritt, Niedergang und die marxistische Geschichtsauffassung"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hunger, Krieg, Ungleichheit \u2013 in Politik, Presse und Popkultur ist \u00fcberall die Rede von Niedergang. Ist das nur das j\u00fcngste Kapitel in einer Geschichte, die so alt ist wie die Zivilisation selbst?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jahrhundertelang haben Historiker und Philosophen versucht, den Aufstieg und Fall von Zivilisationen zu erkl\u00e4ren und die Frage zu beantworten: \u2018Kann man in der Geschichte von Fortschritt sprechen?\u2019 Es waren Marx und Engels, die dieser Frage endlich eine wirklich wissenschaftliche Antwort gaben und den Sackgassen durchbrachen, in die die Denker ihrer Zeit geraten waren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In diesem Vortrag wird Josh Holroyd die Grundprinzipien des historischen Materialismus darlegen \u2013 der marxistischen Geschichtsauffassung, die Geschichte als dialektischen Prozess betrachtet, der nicht von den Ideen \u2018gro\u00dfer M\u00e4nner\u2019, sondern von der Entwicklung der Produktivkr\u00e4fte und des Klassenkampfes angetrieben wird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diesen Prozess und unsere eigene Rolle darin zu verstehen, ist die dringendste Aufgabe unserer Zeit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Leseliste<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u2018Sozialismus oder Barbarei\u2019 \u2013 Editorial der Ausgabe 52 von \u201cIn Defence of Marxism\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/socialism-or-barbarism-issue-52-of-in-defence-of-marxism-magazine-out-now.htm\">Englisch<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels \u2013 \u201cManifest der Kommunistischen Partei\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/communist-manifesto-chapter-1.htm\">Englisch<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/espanol\/m-e\/1840s\/48-manif.htm\">Spanisch<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/francais\/marx\/works\/1847\/00\/kmfe18470000.htm\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/francais\/marx\/works\/1847\/00\/kmfe18470000.htm\">Franz\u00f6sisch<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/deutsch\/archiv\/marx-engels\/1848\/manifest\/index.htm\">Deutsch<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/portugues\/marx\/1848\/ManifestoDoPartidoComunista\/index.htm\">Portugiesisch<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Karl Marx \u2013 \u201cZur Kritik der politischen \u00d6konomie\u201d (Vorwort) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/marx\/works\/1859\/critique-pol-economy\/preface.htm\">Englisch<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/espanol\/m-e\/1850s\/criteconpol.htm\">Spanisch<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/francais\/marx\/works\/1859\/01\/km18590100b.htm\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/francais\/marx\/works\/1859\/01\/km18590100b.htm\">Franz\u00f6sisch<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/portugues\/marx\/1859\/contcriteconpoli\/introducao.htm\">Portugiesisch<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alan Woods \u2013 \u201cZivilisation, Barbarei und die marxistische Geschichtsauffassung\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/civilization-barbarism-history170702.htm\">Englisch<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxiste.org\/la-barbarie-la-civilisation-et-la-conception-marxiste-de-l-histoire\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.marxiste.org\/la-barbarie-la-civilisation-et-la-conception-marxiste-de-l-histoire\">Franz\u00f6sisch<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/civilizacao-barbarie-e-a-visao-marxita-da-historia.htm\">Portugiesisch<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunger, war, inequality &#8211; in politics, the press and in popular culture, talk of decline is everywhere. 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