{"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\/pt\/talk\/progress-decline-and-the-marxist-view-of-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Progresso, Decl\u00ednio e a Vis\u00e3o Marxista da Hist\u00f3ria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A hist\u00f3ria \u00e9 apenas uma s\u00e9rie de eventos se desenrolando aleatoriamente e sem leis? \u00c9 uma linha reta de desenvolvimento e progresso \u2013 com a democracia liberal capitalista como ponto final? Ou \u00e9 algo totalmente diferente?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Um entendimento cient\u00edfico da hist\u00f3ria \u00e9 uma ferramenta insubstitu\u00edvel para todo comunista. Nesta palestra, Josh Holroyd apresentar\u00e1 os princ\u00edpios fundamentais do materialismo hist\u00f3rico, que v\u00ea a hist\u00f3ria como um processo dial\u00e9tico, impulsionado n\u00e3o pelas ideias de \u2018grandes homens\u2019, mas pelo desenvolvimento das for\u00e7as produtivas e pela luta de classes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Em vez de uma linha reta ou um ciclo de repeti\u00e7\u00e3o infinita, a hist\u00f3ria avan\u00e7a atrav\u00e9s da contradi\u00e7\u00e3o. Per\u00edodos de progresso s\u00e3o seguidos por decad\u00eancia, e novas e mais elevadas formas de sociedade nascem eventualmente das antigas, que esgotaram seu papel progressista.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Compreender essa luta do novo contra o velho, e o nosso pr\u00f3prio papel nela, \u00e9 uma tarefa essencial para os comunistas hoje.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lista de leitura<\/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\">\u2018Em Defesa do Marxismo\u2019 Edi\u00e7\u00e3o 52 Editorial \u2013 \u201cSocialismo ou Barb\u00e1rie\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 \u201cO Manifesto Comunista\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 \u201cPara a Cr\u00edtica da Economia Pol\u00edtica\u201d (Pref\u00e1cio)<\/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 \u201cCiviliza\u00e7\u00e3o, Barbarismo e a vis\u00e3o marxista da Hist\u00f3ria\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\/pt\/talk\/progress-decline-and-the-marxist-view-of-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_BR\" \/>\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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