{"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":"2026-07-03T12:30:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:30:51","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\">Ist die Geschichte nur eine Reihe von zuf\u00e4llig und gesetzlos ablaufenden Ereignissen? Ist sie eine gerade Linie der Entwicklung und des Fortschritts \u2013 mit der liberalen kapitalistischen Demokratie als Endpunkt? Oder ist es etwas ganz anderes?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ein wissenschaftliches Verst\u00e4ndnis der Geschichte ist f\u00fcr jeden Kommunisten ein unersetzliches Werkzeug. In diesem Vortrag wird Josh Holroyd die Grundprinzipien des historischen Materialismus darlegen, der die Geschichte als dialektischen Prozess betrachtet, der nicht von den Ideen der \u2018gro\u00dfen M\u00e4nner\u2019, sondern von der Entwicklung der Produktivkr\u00e4fte und des Klassenkampfes angetrieben wird.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anstatt einer geraden Linie oder eines sich endlos wiederholenden Kreislaufs bewegt sich die Geschichte durch Widerspr\u00fcche. Perioden des Fortschritts werden von Verfall gefolgt, und neue, h\u00f6here Gesellschaftsformen entstehen schlie\u00dflich aus den alten, die ihre fortschrittliche Rolle ersch\u00f6pft haben.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dieses Ringen von Neuem gegen Altes und unsere eigene Rolle darin zu verstehen, ist heute eine wesentliche Aufgabe f\u00fcr Kommunisten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Leseliste<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/socialism-or-barbarism-issue-52-of-in-defence-of-marxism-magazine-out-now.htm\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/socialism-or-barbarism-issue-52-of-in-defence-of-marxism-magazine-out-now.htm\">\u2018In Verteidigung des Marxismus, Ausgabe 52, Leitartikel \u2013 \u2019Sozialismus oder Barbarei\u201c<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/communist-manifesto-chapter-1.htm\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/communist-manifesto-chapter-1.htm\">Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels \u2013 \u201cDas Kommunistische Manifest\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/marx\/works\/1859\/critique-pol-economy\/preface.htm\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/marx\/works\/1859\/critique-pol-economy\/preface.htm\">Karl Marx \u2013 \u201cZur Kritik der politischen \u00d6konomie\u201d (Vorwort)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/civilization-barbarism-history170702.htm\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/civilization-barbarism-history170702.htm\">Alan Woods \u2013 \u201cZivilisation, Barbarei und die marxistische Geschichtsauffassung\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is history just a series of events unfolding randomly and lawlessly? Is it a straight line of development and progress &#8211; with liberal capitalist democracy as the endpoint? Or is it something else entirely?&nbsp; A scientific understanding of history is an irreplaceable tool for every communist. In this talk, Josh Holroyd will set out the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1924,"featured_media":31857,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31806","talk","type-talk","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2026-day-2-afternoon-session"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Progress, Decline, and the Marxist View 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\/progress-decline-and-the-marxist-view-of-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Progress, Decline, and the Marxist View of History - World School of Communism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Is history just a series of events unfolding randomly and lawlessly? 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