What does «determinismo histórico» mean in Spanish?
- The position that events are historically predetermined or currently constrained by various forces. Historical determinism can be understood in contrast to its negation, i.e., the rejection of historical determinism. Some political philosophies (e.g., early Marxism and Stalinist Marxism) affirm a historical materialism of predetermination or constraint, or both. Used as a pejorative, it usually means to designate an overdetermination of present possibilities by historical conditions.