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Sociology of the Quran Volume ٢

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• What is History?
• Note
• Scientific History
• 1. Authenticity and Inauthenticity of Traditional History
• 2. Causation in History
• Notes
• Is History Materialistic in Nature?
• Basic Principles of Historical Materialism
• 1. Priority of matter over spirit
• 2. Primacy and priority of material needs over intellectual needs
• 3. Priority of action over thought
• 4. Priority o f the Social Existence o f Man Over His Individual Existence, or the Principle of Priority of Sociology Over Psychology
• 5. Priority of Material Aspect of Society over its Intellectual Aspect
• Conclusions
• 1. The first conclusion is related to the problem of study of society and history
• 2. The law governing history is deterministic, inviolable, and external to human will
• 3. Each historical period is quite different from the other period in character and nature
• Notes
• Criticism of Historical Materialism
• 1. Baselessness
• 2. Revision of Views by Its Founders
• 3. Contradiction of Necessary Correspondence between Base and Superstructure
• 4. Nonconformity of Ideological and Class Bases
• 5. Independence of Cultural Developments
• 6. Historical Materialism Contradicts Itself
• Notes