恩格斯对唯物史观的独特贡献

Engels' Unique Contribution to Historical Materialism

唯物史观的发现,实现了社会历史观的伟大变革。有赖于此,社会主义才能从空想到科学。唯物史观创立后,恩格斯为了进一步阐明其科学原理,回击一些对唯物史观的责难和片面理解,在其著作和在一系列的唯物主义通信中,对唯物史观的发展作出了独特贡献,进一步阐发了唯物史观的基本理论内涵;第一次揭示了社会发展客观规律的唯物史观实质;第一次将历史过程中的决定因素高度概括为“现实生活的生产和再生产”;重点阐发了历史合力论的思想。唯物史观至此达到了逻辑结构完整严谨、内涵丰富精深的至高境界。

The founding of historical materialism has brought about great changes to the outlook of social history. It has made socialism possible to develop from Utopian to scientific. In expositions of its scientific theorem and rebuffing censures and lopsided interpretations of historical materialism, Engels made, in his writings and correspondence, unique contributions to the development of historical materialism, further clarified its basic theoretical intensions, for the first time disclosed the essence of historical materialism, the objective law of social development; for the first time epitomized the determining factors in social progress as 'Production and reproduction of real life'; and especially further expounded the theory of joint historical forces. By now, historical materialism has advanced to a stage marked with complete, well - knitted logic structure and rich, profound intension.