Author(s)

Hongguan Chu ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Marxism, Harbin Normal University, Harbin, China

Corresponding Author

Hongguan Chu

ABSTRACT

General historico-philosophical theory, also called dogmatism or bookism, denies contingency and thus it pursues universally applicable methodologies or treats acquired knowledge as formulas to be applied to all situations. With the development of modern society, the role of contingency in history has become increasingly significant. So we must know what contingency is and its function in history, particularly we should summarize its crucial importance in opposing dogmatism to guide people to analyze specific problems concretely. Marx, Mao Zedong, and others provided systematic analyses of dogmatism. This paper takes Mao Zedong’s critique of dogmatism as its main thread to explain why contingency serves as a theoretical weapon for criticizing the general historico-philosophical theory, and to demonstrate why Marxism is not dogma but a methodology.

KEYWORDS

Contingency, Dogmatism, General Historico-Philosophical Theory, Historical Formula

CITE THIS PAPER

Hongguan Chu. The Role of Contingency in Combating Dogmatism. Philosophy Journal (2026). Vol. 5, No.1, 1-6. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/phij.2026.050101.

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