The ideological basis of historical nihilism is historical idealism, value nihilism, which dilutes the mainstream with tributaries, replaces the subject with branches, cuts off the main line of history, separates the logic of history, and promotes the phenomenal and representational view of history. The slander of historical nihilist on Marxism are completely untenable. Marxist theories and methods, especially the conception of historical materialism, reveal the essence and dangers of historical nihilism. We should earnestly learn the profound lesson of the collapse of the Soviet Party and country caused by the spread of historical nihilism, correctly analyze and scientifically treat the problems and mistakes in history, adhere to the guiding position of Marxism in the field of ideology, attach great importance to the Party’s ideological work, and firmly grasp the leadership of ideological work.

Editor: Zhong Yao  Zheng Yifan

From:Studies on Marxist Theory.2021.No.9.