How Ideas Shape Historical Change: A Century-Spanning Ideological Struggle
2025-03-13
This essay explores the role of ideas in major historical transformations. From religion to the Enlightenment and neoliberalism, the author analyzes how different ideologies have emerged, evolved, and impacted historical processes. Some ideologies, like Marxism, have exerted immense mobilizing power due to their rigorous theoretical frameworks during specific historical periods; others, such as neoliberalism, have achieved global influence through their control over economic foundations. The author argues that the Left needs to develop a systematic and uncompromising ideology capable of challenging the existing order to effectively participate in future historical changes.