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  1. Essays on the History of Materialism

    Essays on the History of Materialism. (1893) From Georgi Plekhanov, Selected Philosophical Works, Vol.II, Moscow 1976, pp.31-182. Written during 1892/93. First published …

  2. Historical materialism

    historical materialism, theory of history associated with the German economist and philosopher Karl Marx and his colleague Friedrich Engels. The theory postulates that all institutions of human society (e.g., government and religion) …

  3. Historical materialism

    • Acton, H. B. The Illusion of the Epoch. Critical account which focuses on incoherencies in the thought of Marx, Engels and Lenin.• Anderson, Perry (1974). Lineages of the Absolutist State.• Aronowitz, Stanley (1981). The Crisis in Historical Materialism. American criticism of orthodox Marxism and argument for a more radical version of historical materialism that sticks closer to Marx by changing itself to keep up with changes in the historical situation.

  4. Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History

    Title: Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History Author: Antonio Labriola Translator: Charles H. Kerr Release Date: June 1, 2010 [EBook #32644] Language: English *** …

  5. Historical Materialism in Marx’s Work

    What is the significance of “Historical Materialism” in Marx’s work? Historical Materialism is a model to understand social structures; types of society’s; how and why they …

  6. Critical Theory, Historical Materialism, and the

    Summary: This essay notes the extent to which poststructuralism/postmodernism have generally espoused hostility to historical materialism, surveys some representative examples of …

  7. (PDF) Marx on Historical Materialism

    Marx's theory of historical materialism seeks to explain human history and development on the basis of the material conditions underlying all human existence.

  8. Essays on Marx’s Capital. Summaries, Appreciations and …

    In this book Geert Reuten presents 21 of his previously published essays on the three volumes Marx’s Capital, dating from 1991–2019. The essays largely take the form of a summary of …

  9. Historical Materialism: Theory and Methodology

    We shall argue that historical materialism is a much more ambitious theory than the theory of evolution; historical materialism attempts to develop a theory of the overall trajectory of human …