A Study Of Historical Materialism In Lafargue’s Origin Of Thought

Paul Lafarge was an extremely important Marxist theorist and activist in the Second International,and in revolutionary practice,he believed in Marxist philosophy as his guide to action,and on this basis,combined with what he learned,he innovated and developed Marxist philosophy.He not only made a popular and meticulous interpretation and interpretation of the materialist view of history,resolutely countered and refuted the attacks and distortions of historical materialism by various bourgeois ideas and opportunistic trends,and the book The Origin of Thought created by Lafarge creatively used the principles of historical materialism to conduct unique research and analysis on many issues such as the origin of ideas,and played an important role in publicizing and developing historical materialism.This article is divided into four parts.The first part is the historical background of Lafarge’s writing of The Origin of Thought,which is analyzed from two aspects:objective background factors and subjective factors;The second part describes Lafarge’s interpretation of historical materialism,which is viewed from Lafarge’s point of view;The third part explains that in The Origin of Thought,Lafarge inherited the historical research method of Marxist philosophy,gave a detailed and clear interpretation of historical materialism,and resolutely criticized historical idealism;The fourth part explains the contribution and limitations of The Origin of Thought to historical materialism.Lafarge devoted his life to the theoretical study of Marxist philosophy,popularizing and perfecting many aspects of Marxist philosophy.The interpretation and application of historical materialism occupies a very important position in Lafarge’s system of thought.This paper hopes to promote the in-depth study of Lafarge and Marxist theory by delving into the historical materialism in Lafarge’s The Origin of Thought...