The Role of Force in History
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"The Role of Force in History" is a key chapter-essay by Friedrich Engels that analyzes how violence, coercion, and military power shape historical and social development within a Marxist framework.
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| The Role of Force in History canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Role of Force in History Context triple: [Anti-Dühring, notableChapter, The Role of Force in History]
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The Meaning of History
The Meaning of History is a philosophical work by Russian religious thinker Nicolas Berdyaev that explores the spiritual and existential significance of historical events and humanity’s destiny.
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The Politics of History
The Politics of History is a critical work of historiography by Howard Zinn that challenges traditional narratives and argues for a politically engaged, socially conscious approach to writing and teaching history.
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Reason and Revolution
Reason and Revolution is a seminal 1941 philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that critically interprets Hegel and traces the development of critical theory and modern social thought.
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The Age of Revolution
The Age of Revolution is a historical volume by Winston Churchill that chronicles the political and social upheavals from the late 17th to early 19th centuries in the English-speaking world.
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Lectures on the Philosophy of History
Lectures on the Philosophy of History is a posthumously published collection of G. W. F. Hegel’s university lectures that presents his influential view of world history as a rational process expressing the development of human freedom.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Role of Force in History Target entity description: "The Role of Force in History" is a key chapter-essay by Friedrich Engels that analyzes how violence, coercion, and military power shape historical and social development within a Marxist framework.
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A.
The Meaning of History
The Meaning of History is a philosophical work by Russian religious thinker Nicolas Berdyaev that explores the spiritual and existential significance of historical events and humanity’s destiny.
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B.
The Politics of History
The Politics of History is a critical work of historiography by Howard Zinn that challenges traditional narratives and argues for a politically engaged, socially conscious approach to writing and teaching history.
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C.
Reason and Revolution
Reason and Revolution is a seminal 1941 philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that critically interprets Hegel and traces the development of critical theory and modern social thought.
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D.
The Age of Revolution
The Age of Revolution is a historical volume by Winston Churchill that chronicles the political and social upheavals from the late 17th to early 19th centuries in the English-speaking world.
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E.
Lectures on the Philosophy of History
Lectures on the Philosophy of History is a posthumously published collection of G. W. F. Hegel’s university lectures that presents his influential view of world history as a rational process expressing the development of human freedom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Marxist text
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essay ⓘ political theory work ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
clarify the role of force within Marxist historical theory
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counter misinterpretations of Marxism regarding violence ⓘ |
| author | Friedrich Engels ⓘ |
| circulation | widely read in Marxist theory circles ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Eugen Dühring
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idealistic explanations of history ⓘ |
| discusses |
dialectical relationship between force and production
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interaction of violence and economic development ⓘ limitations of purely economic explanations of history ⓘ relationship between economic base and political force ⓘ role of coercion in maintaining class rule ⓘ state as an instrument of class domination ⓘ use of military power in class struggle ⓘ |
| field |
historiography
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political theory ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ |
| genre |
historical analysis
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political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPart | critique of Eugen Dühring ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
class struggle
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critique of bourgeois state power ⓘ |
| influenced |
Marxist theory of the state
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later Marxist debates on violence and revolution ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Capital by Karl Marx
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linked to:
Das Kapital
Karl Marx ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Marxist theory of the state
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historical materialism ⓘ political economy ⓘ role of violence in history ⓘ state and military power ⓘ |
| movement | Marxism ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Der Anteil der Gewalt in der Geschichte ⓘ |
| partOf | Anti-Dühring ⓘ |
| positionOnForce |
force cannot be understood independently of economic relations
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force is a tool of economic interests ⓘ |
| positionOnHistory |
history is driven primarily by economic development
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political and military events are conditioned by material conditions ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Anti-Dühring
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The German Ideology ⓘ The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework |
dialectical materialism
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historical materialism ⓘ |
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