Occurrence of every historical phenomenon is made inevitable...

Occurrence of every historical phenomenon is made inevitable and certain due to presence of particular causes respon­sible for bringing it into existence. No accident can occur in absence of its causes. The second theory is that of the primacy of material founda­tion of society as against other foundations. This theory has already been discussed earlier. The necessary corollary of these theories is materialistic determinism of history, i.e.

dependence of the superstruc­ture on the base is necessary and inevitable. Any change in the base necessarily brings about change in the superstructure. Without a change in the base, any change in the superstructure is absolutely impossible. That which,…