A Study Of Engels’s Historical Materialism Thought In His Letters In His Later Years

Historical materialism reveals the general law of the development of human society,and points out the direction of social and historical development,which is a key part of the Marxist theoretical system.Engels was Marx’s intimate partner in the process of exploring historical materialism.He not only fought side by side with Marx,cooperated to discover historical materialism,but also worked hard to develop historical materialism independently after Marx’s death To make outstanding contributions to defending and developing Marxism.Engels achieved many theoretical achievements in his later years,some letters of which were of great significance to the deepening and development of historical materialism.This article will start with the following four parts:The first part is the historical background of the development of historical materialism thoughts in Engels’ late letters.Exploring the historical background of thoughts is the basis of theoretical research.To study the historical materialist ideas in Engels’ later letters,it is also based on exploring the historical background.This part starts from the social conditions at the end of the nineteenth century,the challenges faced by historical materialism,and the development of historical materialism.It analyzes the reasons that prompted Engels to write letters about historical materialism in his later years.Understanding the special historical background requires that Engels must be explain historical materialism though tmore comprehensively and systematically.The second part is the main content of Engels’ s later letters about historical materialism.To systematically sort out the main content of an idea is a necessary prerequisite for solid theoretical research.In his later years,Engels made an in-depth interpretation of the important views of historical materialism in the form of letters,especially those that had no suitable opportunities and conditions in the early stages of the interpretation of historical materialism.This article analyzes the following historical materialist ideas that Engels mainly involved in the correspondence: the dialectical relationship between the economic foundation and the superstructure,the relative independence and ideology of ideology,the theory of historical force theory,and the inevitability of historical development Dialectical relationship with contingency.The third part is the theoretical contribution of Engels’ historical materialism in his later letters.Engels’ correspondence in his later years occupies an important position in the history of the development of Marxism,and has made important contributions to the development and improvement of historical materialism.This study summarizes Engels ’late years’ contributions to the development of historical materialism in the following three aspects: First,Engels adheres to the basic viewpoints and principles of historical materialism,criticizing the distortion and misunderstanding of hostile forces against historical materialism;second,Engels ’statement Economic factors are the decisive factors in the process of social and historical development,but not the only determinants to achieve the theoretical self-consistency of historical materialism;the third is that Engels systematically elaborated the relevant principles of ideological relative independence and historical synergy theory in his later letters,the theory of historical materialism is advocated.The fourth part is the practical significance of the historical materialism thought in Engels’ late letters.Theory comes from practice,and ultimately it is applied to practice.Historical materialism is of great value to the development of today’s society.It is of great guiding significance for China to promote the overall development of society,build a socialist ideology,adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China,and promote the realization of the comprehensive development of people.