{"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\/es\/talk\/progress-decline-and-the-marxist-view-of-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Progreso, Declive y la Visi\u00f3n Marxista de la Historia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hambre, guerra, desigualdad: en la pol\u00edtica, la prensa y la cultura popular, la palabra \"declive\" est\u00e1 en todas partes. \u00bfEs este solo el \u00faltimo cap\u00edtulo de una historia tan antigua como la civilizaci\u00f3n misma?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Durante siglos, historiadores y fil\u00f3sofos han intentado explicar el ascenso y la ca\u00edda de las civilizaciones, y responder a la pregunta: \u2018\u00bfPodemos hablar de progreso en la historia?\u2019 Fueron Marx y Engels quienes finalmente dieron una respuesta verdaderamente cient\u00edfica a esta pregunta, y rompieron el callej\u00f3n sin salida al que hab\u00edan llegado los pensadores de su \u00e9poca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En esta charla, Josh Holroyd expondr\u00e1 los principios fundamentales del materialismo hist\u00f3rico \u2013 la visi\u00f3n marxista de la historia \u2013 que contempla la historia como un proceso dial\u00e9ctico, impulsado no por las ideas de los \u2018grandes hombres\u2019 sino por el desarrollo de las fuerzas productivas y la lucha de clases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Comprender este proceso, y nuestro propio papel en \u00e9l, es la tarea m\u00e1s urgente de nuestro tiempo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lista de lecturas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>'El defensa del marxismo' n\u00famero 52, editorial - Socialismo o barbarie (<a href=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/socialism-or-barbarism-issue-52-of-in-defence-of-marxism-magazine-out-now.htm\">Ingl\u00e9s<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels \u2013 \u201cManifiesto del Partido Comunista\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/communist-manifesto-chapter-1.htm\">Ingl\u00e9s<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/espanol\/m-e\/1840s\/48-manif.htm\">Espa\u00f1ol<\/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\">Franc\u00e9s<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/deutsch\/archiv\/marx-engels\/1848\/manifest\/index.htm\">Alem\u00e1n<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/portugues\/marx\/1848\/ManifestoDoPartidoComunista\/index.htm\">Portugu\u00e9s<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Karl Marx \u2013 \u201cContribuci\u00f3n a la cr\u00edtica de la econom\u00eda pol\u00edtica\u201d (Pr\u00f3logo) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/marx\/works\/1859\/critique-pol-economy\/preface.htm\">Ingl\u00e9s<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/espanol\/m-e\/1850s\/criteconpol.htm\">Espa\u00f1ol<\/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\">Franc\u00e9s<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/portugues\/marx\/1859\/contcriteconpoli\/introducao.htm\">Portugu\u00e9s<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alan Woods \u2013 \u201cCivilizaci\u00f3n, Barbarie y la visi\u00f3n marxista de la Historia\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/civilization-barbarism-history170702.htm\">Ingl\u00e9s<\/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\">Franc\u00e9s<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/civilizacao-barbarie-e-a-visao-marxita-da-historia.htm\">Portugu\u00e9s<\/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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