Materialist conception of history and historical science

Author: Pang Zhuoheng
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: This book is a result of the "Eighth Five-Year Plan" major project of the National Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning. The author, through a comparative analysis of Marxist historical theory and non-Marxist historical theory, re-examines and explores the materialist conception of history from a corrective perspective, and discusses how to adhere to and develop the materialist conception of history and historical theory of Marxism under the new situation. The book is divided into three parts: "Re-examining the Materialist Conception of History," "The Materialist Conception of History and Chinese History Research," and "The Materialist Conception of History and Theories and Practices of Western Historiography." The author is committed to clarifying the biased understanding of the materialist conception of history due to simplification, rigidity, and dogmatism, as well as the misunderstandings and distortions of the materialist conception of history by non-Marxist theoretical trends. The author elaborates on long-standing debates in academia, such as the five social formations, the Asiatic mode of production, and the continuity of feudal societies in China and the West.