Ebook: Marx's interpretation of history

The purpose of the present book is mainly to clarify rather than to criticize Marx’s interpretation of history. To write an adequate criticism would be a far-ranging and formidable task. It would be necessary to criticize his holistic method and use of heuristic models, his attempt to find laws of historical development, his predictions on the basis of these laws, his concept of man as an historical agent, and the relation of his theory of history to human values. Before undertaking such a criticism, one would need to understand what Marx says. There has been so much misunderstanding that the preliminary task of clarification is as difficult as it is essential. This task has been sufficient to undertake in the present book.