Role of individual in history!

Dear Readers,I would like to say that because Marxists recognise

historical necessity,bourgeois ideologists often accuse them of

denying the role of individuals,of great people,of leaders,in

history.These accusations are unfounded,for Marxism far from

underestimates the role of the individual.Although Marxists maintain

that individuals cannot change the objective course of history at

will,they admit that the individual plays no small part in social

development."The idea of historical necessity,"Lenin noted,"does not

in the least undermine the role of the individual in history;all

history is made up of actions of individuals,who are undoubtedly

active figures."*Only Marxism has demonstrated the real importance

of the individual in social development and has also indicated the

condition in which the individual can play an important part in

history.An individual makes history by his labor,political

activity,will and reason,and the greater is the influence of the

individual on society.With the development of history,the deepening

and extension of historical tasks,and progress of science,technology

and culture more and more people participate in historical events

and each individual plays a mounting role in the historical process

and increases his contribution to the treasure-store of material and

spiritual culture.The creative activity of the individual is

particularly great in socialist society where there are favorable

conditions for free labor and activity in various spheres of social

life.(1.)*V.I.Lenin,"What the'Friends of the People' Are and How They

Fight the Social Democrats:,Collected Works,Vol.1,p.159.



by:Galeri