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historical materialism
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historical materialism

The application of the principles of dialectical materialism to history and sociology. This decrees that the social, political, and cultural superstructure of a society is determined by its economic base and that developments are therefore governed by laws with no room for the influence of individuals. In this theory, change occurs through the meeting of opposing forces (thesis and antithesis) which leads to the production of a higher force (synthesis).
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22) The secular humanist historians rejected this kind of theistic historical interpretation and thus some of them eventually played a large part in the departure from idealist views on history and opened the door to the materialist conception of history that came to mark a significant segment of 20th century Afro-American intellectual culture.
Richard B. Moore, radical politics, and the Afro-American history ... by McClendon, John M. / Afro-Americans in New York Life and History
 
 
 
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