A report on Historical materialism
Karl Marx's theory of history.
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Karl Marx
17 linksGerman philosopher, critic of political economy, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist and socialist revolutionary.
German philosopher, critic of political economy, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist and socialist revolutionary.
Employing a critical approach known as historical materialism, Marx predicted that capitalism produced internal tensions like previous socioeconomic systems and that those would lead to its self-destruction and replacement by a new system known as the socialist mode of production.
Mode of production
6 linksInherently in conflict with the progressive development of the productive capabilities of human beings.
Inherently in conflict with the progressive development of the productive capabilities of human beings.
This comprises what Marx termed the materialist conception of history (see also materialism) and is in contrast to an idealist analysis, (such as that criticised by Marx in Proudhon), which states that the fundamental driving force behind socioeconomic change are the ideas of enlightened individuals.
Relations of production
5 linksRelations of production (Produktionsverhältnisse) is a concept frequently used by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in their theory of historical materialism and in Das Kapital.
Means of production
8 linksTerm which can encompass anything which can be used to produce products (such as: goods or services); however, it can also be used with narrower meanings, such as anything that is used to produce products.
Term which can encompass anything which can be used to produce products (such as: goods or services); however, it can also be used with narrower meanings, such as anything that is used to produce products.
To the question of why classes exist in human societies in the first place, Karl Marx offered a historical and scientific explanation that it was the cultural practice of ownership of the means of production that gives rise to them.
Productive forces
3 linksProductive forces, productive powers, or forces of production (German: Produktivkräfte) is a central idea in Marxism and historical materialism.
Ludwig Feuerbach
3 linksGerman anthropologist and philosopher, best known for his book The Essence of Christianity, which provided a critique of Christianity that strongly influenced generations of later thinkers, including Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Friedrich Engels, Richard Wagner, and Friedrich Nietzsche.
German anthropologist and philosopher, best known for his book The Essence of Christianity, which provided a critique of Christianity that strongly influenced generations of later thinkers, including Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, Friedrich Engels, Richard Wagner, and Friedrich Nietzsche.
His thought was influential in the development of historical materialism, where he is often recognized as a bridge between Hegel and Marx.
Class conflict
4 linksPolitical tension and economic antagonism that exists in society because of socio-economic competition among the social classes or between rich and poor.
Political tension and economic antagonism that exists in society because of socio-economic competition among the social classes or between rich and poor.
Marx's theory of history proposes that class conflict is decisive in the history of economic systems organized by hierarchies of social class such as capitalism and feudalism.
Social class
4 linksSet of concepts in the social sciences and political theory centered on models of social stratification that occur in a class society, in which people are grouped into a set of hierarchical social categories, the most common being the upper, middle and lower classes.
Set of concepts in the social sciences and political theory centered on models of social stratification that occur in a class society, in which people are grouped into a set of hierarchical social categories, the most common being the upper, middle and lower classes.
Within academia, two broad schools of definitions emerge: those aligned with 20th-century sociological stratum models of class society and those aligned with the 19th-century historical materialist economic models of the Marxists and anarchists.
Karl Marx's Theory of History
2 linksKarl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence is a 1978 book by the philosopher G. A. Cohen, the culmination of his attempts to reformulate Karl Marx's doctrines of alienation, exploitation, and historical materialism.
The German Ideology
2 linksOriginally a set of manuscripts written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels around April or early May 1846.
Originally a set of manuscripts written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels around April or early May 1846.
The first part of the book is an exposition of Marx's "materialist conception of history", though recent research for the new Marx Engels Gesamtausgabe (MEGA) indicates that much of the 'system' in this part was created afterwards by the Marx-Engels Institute in Moscow in the 1930s, from the set of manuscripts written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.