Can we really learn anything from history?
Most ‘mainstream’ historians tend to reject the Marxist view that the course of historical development has been fundamentally determined by laws that we can grasp scientifically. Many also reject the idea of progress as a whole as merely a ‘point of view’. To them, history is little more than a series of accidents, or the choices of great individuals. But if this is the case, then why can we recognise so many common processes across human history, in which similar institutions, events, and even characters arise independently of one another, all over the world? And has there really been no progress at all between stone tools and spacecraft?Josh Holroyd, leading member of the Revolutionary Communist International and editor of the In Defence of Marxism magazine, discusses the topic.🔗 Head to our website for more analysis on the topic✊ Join the Revolutionary Communist Party📰 Subscribe to The Communist and the In Defence of Marxism magazine💸 Donate to the RCP🌐 Read the latest news and analysis from the RCI