On the question of the law of social develoment
The article describes the law of social development, the law is based on the concept of the materialist conception of history. The history of the emergence of unilateral materialist views of Karl Marx is considered. The generalized MCF-analysis of the society is described. The author shows the development of social matter, which has led to the formation of a regulatory interaction between human consciousness and human existence. The analysis of the materialist conception of history is presented, the fallibility of its key provisions is revealed. Consideration is also given to the differences in the nature of regulation of the formational and civilizational components of society. The concept of social development is introduced.