{"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\/pt\/talk\/why-we-need-a-theory-of-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Why we need a theory of history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<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 order to guide future struggles to success. For this reason, it is vital that communists have a theory of history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light\" style=\"min-height:400px;aspect-ratio:unset;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-primary-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2505\" height=\"1654\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-12645\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/schoolofcommunism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/map-world-rci-world-school-extra-light.svg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull stack-on-tablet--portrait is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 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 is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:19px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull stack-on-tablet--portrait is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 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 video player\" 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:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\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 video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GBSpAZzT4Ic?si=gpijbQh9FAzeM5LU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reading list<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxist.com\/an-introduction-to-historical-materialism.htm\">What is Historical Materialism? \u2013 Alan Woods<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/marx\/works\/1859\/critique-pol-economy\/index.htm\">A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy \u2013&nbsp; Karl Marx<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/plekhanov\/1898\/xx\/individual.html\">On the role of the individual in history \u2013 Plekhanov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Books<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Eighteenth Brumaire of 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-5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/marx\/works\/1852\/18th-brumaire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read online<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wellred-books.com\/eighteenth-brumaire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy book<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wellred-books.com\/class-struggle-in-the-roman-republic\/\"><em>Class Struggle in the Roman Republic<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp; Alan Woods<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State&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-6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/marx\/works\/1884\/origin-family\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read online<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wellred-books.com\/the-origin-of-the-family-private-property-and-the-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy book<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Podcasts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/4uaFivATvgs97n01ciVYGK?si=ff539938a18e4a5b\">What can I do? The role of the individual in history \u2013 Ben Curry<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9Urzy80TyAM\">The Marxist view of history: historical materialism \u2013 Josh Holroyd<\/a><\/p>\n","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. 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