Historical materialism
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Historical materialism is a theory of history and sociology in Marxist thought that posits that material and economic conditions are the primary drivers of societal structure and historical change. Fi
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Prehistoric cave painting depicting hunting under primitive communism
Roman mosaic depicting slavery under the ancient mode of production
Medieval European art depicting serfdom under the feudal mode of production
Dialectical materialism
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Dialectical materialism is a philosophy of nature and philosophy of science, developed in the late 19th century based on the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. By synthesising Georg Wilhelm F
Historical materialism
…a critical-philosophical method to a positivist and deterministic science, presenting historical materialism as a specific application of a universal "dialectical materialism" that governed both nature and society. This interpretation became a cornerstone of Marxism–Leninism and Soviet orthodoxy, although it diverged from…
Friedrich Engels
Georgi Plekhanov
Vladimir Lenin