Meaning Of The Word Historical materialism

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Historical materialism Meaning

Historical materialism Definition
Historical materialism Definition

What's The Definition Of Historical materialism?

historical materialism in American English
an interpretation of history, esp. in Marxist theory, that holds that the chief determinants of society and social institutions are economic factors
noun: the doctrine that all forms of social thought, as art or philosophy, and institutions, as the family or the state, develop as a superstructure founded on an economic base; that they reflect the character of economic relations and are altered or modified a

historical materialism in British English
noun: the part of Marxist theory maintaining that social structures derive from economic structures and that these are transformed as a result of class struggles, each ruling class producing another, which will overcome and destroy it, the final phase being the

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