{"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\/fr\/talk\/progress-decline-and-the-marxist-view-of-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Le progr\u00e8s, le d\u00e9clin et la conception marxiste de l\u2019histoire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L'histoire n'est-elle qu'une s\u00e9rie d'\u00e9v\u00e9nements se d\u00e9roulant au hasard et sans loi ? Est-ce une ligne droite de d\u00e9veloppement et de progr\u00e8s, avec la d\u00e9mocratie capitaliste lib\u00e9rale comme point final ? Ou est-ce quelque chose de compl\u00e8tement diff\u00e9rent ?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Une compr\u00e9hension scientifique de l'histoire est un outil irrempla\u00e7able pour tout communiste. Dans cette conf\u00e9rence, Josh Holroyd exposera les principes fondamentaux du mat\u00e9rialisme historique, qui consid\u00e8re l'histoire comme un processus dialectique, entra\u00een\u00e9 non pas par les id\u00e9es des \u2018 grands hommes \u2019, mais par le d\u00e9veloppement des forces productives et la lutte des classes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plut\u00f4t qu'une ligne droite ou un cycle sans fin, l'histoire progresse par contradiction. Les p\u00e9riodes de progr\u00e8s sont suivies de d\u00e9clin, et de nouvelles formes de soci\u00e9t\u00e9 plus \u00e9lev\u00e9es naissent finalement des anciennes, qui ont \u00e9puis\u00e9 leur r\u00f4le progressif.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Comprendre cette lutte du nouveau contre l'ancien, et notre propre r\u00f4le en son sein, est une t\u00e2che essentielle pour les communistes aujourd'hui.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Liste de lecture<\/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\">\u2018 Socialisme ou Barbarie \u2019, \u00e9ditorial de \u201c La Gauche Marxiste \u201d num\u00e9ro 52\u201d<\/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 \u201c Le Manifeste du Parti communiste \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 \u201c Contribution \u00e0 la critique de l'\u00e9conomie politique \u201d (Pr\u00e9face)<\/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 \u201c Civilisation, barbarie et la vision marxiste de l'histoire \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\/fr\/talk\/progress-decline-and-the-marxist-view-of-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\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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