https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2012/08/13/karl-marx-vs-the-zeitgeist-or-the-concept-of-momentum-applied-to-politics/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 09:35:32 -0400<![CDATA[I have always thought that the Hegelian/Marxist notion of historical “inevitability” was one of the silliest aspects of that supremely silly intellectual phantasmagoria. If history has lessons for us, one of the chief lessons concerns the certainty of uncertainty. Pace Hegel, the domain of history is the realm of the contingent, not the necessary. Caesar crossed the Rubicon; he might have decided not to. History woulfd have been different. Chamberlain came back from Munich declaring “Peace in our time”; he might have done otherwise. History would have been different.]]>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 08:34:42 -0400<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2012/08/13/karl-marx-vs-the-zeitgeist-or-the-concept-of-momentum-applied-to-politics-n116990