Western Clarion
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contributor: Pritchard, W.A.
issued: 2018-11-22
issued: 1915-08-01
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note: & \^i*ttrj$jjj OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY THE S. P. OF C. IN THE INTERESTS OF WORKING CLASS The Official Organ of the SOCIALIST PARTY OF \-. f, I! -.-'CANADA, '-'f;-" 1 No. 772 VANCOUVER, B.C., AUGUST, 1915 PER YEAR $I.OO § - Historic Materialism Clarion" Editorial, Feb. 25th, 191*- in the modern histories to extol the virtues, real or suppositous, of their monarchs and "great men" generally, particularly those more recent, and to conceal their faults and failings. Further the charge is frequently levelled at their authors of seeking •*-»^r»r>© ISTORIC materialism, or •the Materialist Conception H^of History is that concept ^tion which arises from the jjj examination of historical J facts in the light of the determinist principle. \ History is the story of the human race, or of a to glorify rulership and class insti- portion of it. Consequently it is injktutions for the purpose of blinding the nature of a landscape painting in the ruled to their real interests. We that it necessarily confines itself to are, however, disinclined to credit the prominent features, rather than them with so much ill-disposed acuta detail. What are the really pro-Jjfmen, and are of opinion that the '<•>• minent features of history depends of course on whether history is viewed from the classical or the materialist standpoint. The main difference between the classical and the materialist conception of history is that pearance of doing so arises not from any design on their part as from the fact that they themselves are imbued with the class ideas which they pr >. mulgate as a matter of, course. m On the other hand, history of the one deals with deeds, and the other materialist school is the very reverse with happenings, as will appear The histories extant, belong, almost exclusively, to the former school, and naturally so because their writers have been taught, and have accepted as a matter of course, that man is a free agent more or less of the above. Its basis is that man 'is not a free age…
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
identifier: AN .W3
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0374235
language: English
lat: 49.261111
long: -123.113889
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : The Socialist Party of Canada
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