historical materialism
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Historical materialism is a Marxist theory that explains social and historical change primarily through the development of material economic conditions and class relations rather than ideas or ideals.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| historical materialism canonical | 10 |
| Historical Materialism | 3 |
| Marxist dialectics | 1 |
| Marxist theory of history | 1 |
| dialectical materialism | 1 |
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Target entity: historical materialism Context triple: [Marxism, coreConcept, historical materialism]
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Marxism
Marxism is a socio-economic and political theory developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that analyzes class relations and societal conflict through the lens of historical materialism and advocates for the abolition of capitalism and the establishment of a classless, communist society.
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Western Marxism
Western Marxism is a 20th-century current of Marxist thought, associated with theorists like Herbert Marcuse, that emphasizes culture, philosophy, and critical theory over traditional economic determinism.
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School of Marxism
The School of Marxism is an academic faculty at Wuhan University dedicated to research and teaching in Marxist theory, ideology, and related social sciences.
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Anti-Dühring
Anti-Dühring is a major theoretical work by Friedrich Engels that systematically critiques Eugen Dühring’s philosophy while elaborating key principles of Marxist socialism.
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Marxism–Leninism
Marxism–Leninism is a communist ideological framework that synthesizes Karl Marx’s and Vladimir Lenin’s theories into a doctrine of one-party rule, state control of the economy, and revolutionary vanguard leadership, most prominently associated with the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: historical materialism Target entity description: Historical materialism is a Marxist theory that explains social and historical change primarily through the development of material economic conditions and class relations rather than ideas or ideals.
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Marxism
Marxism is a socio-economic and political theory developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that analyzes class relations and societal conflict through the lens of historical materialism and advocates for the abolition of capitalism and the establishment of a classless, communist society.
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B.
Western Marxism
Western Marxism is a 20th-century current of Marxist thought, associated with theorists like Herbert Marcuse, that emphasizes culture, philosophy, and critical theory over traditional economic determinism.
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C.
School of Marxism
The School of Marxism is an academic faculty at Wuhan University dedicated to research and teaching in Marxist theory, ideology, and related social sciences.
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Anti-Dühring
Anti-Dühring is a major theoretical work by Friedrich Engels that systematically critiques Eugen Dühring’s philosophy while elaborating key principles of Marxist socialism.
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Marxism–Leninism
Marxism–Leninism is a communist ideological framework that synthesizes Karl Marx’s and Vladimir Lenin’s theories into a doctrine of one-party rule, state control of the economy, and revolutionary vanguard leadership, most prominently associated with the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Marxist theory
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materialist conception of history ⓘ philosophy of history ⓘ social theory ⓘ theory of social change ⓘ |
| appliedIn |
Marxist historiography
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Marxist sociology ⓘ political economy analysis ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
dialectical materialism
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scientific socialism ⓘ |
| claims | social being determines consciousness ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
historicism based on ideas
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idealism ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
base and superstructure
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class struggle ⓘ forces of production ⓘ historical stages ⓘ mode of production ⓘ primacy of material conditions ⓘ relations of production ⓘ social formation ⓘ |
| criticizedBy |
The Methodology of the Social Sciences
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surface form:
Weberian sociology
critical theorists ⓘ |
| criticizedFor | economic determinism ⓘ |
| developedBy |
Friedrich Engels
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Karl Marx ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
class relations
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economic structure of society ⓘ material life of society ⓘ |
| explains |
historical development
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social change ⓘ transition between modes of production ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
historical materialist conception
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materialist conception of history ⓘ |
| holdsThat |
class struggle is the motor of history
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material conditions shape ideology ⓘ material conditions shape law and politics ⓘ material conditions shape social institutions ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French socialism
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German philosophy ⓘ classical political economy ⓘ |
| periodizedAs |
capitalism
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communism ⓘ feudalism ⓘ primitive communism ⓘ slave society ⓘ socialism ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Marxist historians
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Marxist political theorists ⓘ |
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