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'''Historical materialism''' broadly refers to applying the philosophy of materialism to the study of social life.<ref>[[Stalin]]: [[Library:Dialectical and historical materialism|''Dialectical and historical materialism'']]</ref> | '''Historical materialism''' broadly refers to applying the philosophy of materialism to the study of social life.<ref>[[Stalin]]: [[Library:Dialectical and historical materialism|''Dialectical and historical materialism'']] | ||
"Historical materialism is the extension of the principles of dialectical materialism to the study of social life, an application of the principles of dialectical materialism to the phenomena of the life of society, to the study of society and of its history."</ref> | |||
In this way, one is able to understand how material conditions affected societies of the past, how they reacted to them and thus how these societies came to be or ceased to exist; ultimately explaining why the world is how it is today. | In this way, one is able to understand how material conditions affected societies of the past, how they reacted to them and thus how these societies came to be or ceased to exist; ultimately explaining why the world is how it is today. | ||
Revision as of 01:04, 21 November 2020
Historical materialism broadly refers to applying the philosophy of materialism to the study of social life.[1]
In this way, one is able to understand how material conditions affected societies of the past, how they reacted to them and thus how these societies came to be or ceased to exist; ultimately explaining why the world is how it is today.
It is often used alongside dialectical materialism as dialectics are also an inextricable part of historical development.
References
- ↑ Stalin: Dialectical and historical materialism "Historical materialism is the extension of the principles of dialectical materialism to the study of social life, an application of the principles of dialectical materialism to the phenomena of the life of society, to the study of society and of its history."