Historical determinism
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Historical determinism is the belief that events in history are entirely determined or constrained by various prior forces and, therefore, in a certain sense, inevitable. It is philosophical view of determinism applied to the process or direction by which history unfolds. Historical determinism places the cause of the event behind it.
The concept of Determinism appeared in the 19th century. The main idea is that certain factors determine the existence of humans and therefore limit the scope of their free will. In history, this is an approach that holds that history is intrinsically meaningful. Used as a pejorative, it is normally meant to designate a rigid finalist or mechanist conception of historical unfolding that makes the future appear as an inevitable and predetermined result of the past.
Development
Hegel
In 1822, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's Lectures on the Philosophy of History were published posthumously. In this text, Hegel establishes the idea that history is guided and, therefore, determined by reason.
Marx, Engels, and historical materialism
The dialectical method of the movement of history (
See also
- Determinism
- Dialectical materialism
- Economic determinism
- Environmental determinism
- Free will
- Geographic determinism
- Hegelianism
- Historical Materialism
- Marxism
- Myth of progress
- Technological determinism
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External links
- Philo (22 August 2022). "Historical determinism". ISM book.