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PRONUNCIATION OF HISTORICAL MATERIALISM

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HISTORICAL MATERIALISM

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Historical materialism is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HISTORICAL MATERIALISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Historical materialism

Historical materialism is a methodological approach to the study of society, economics, and history first articulated by Karl Marx as the materialist conception of history. It is a theory of socioeconomic development according to which changes in material conditions are the primary influence on how society and the economy are organised. Historical materialism looks for the causes of developments and changes in human society in the means by which humans collectively produce the necessities of life. Social classes and the relationship between them, plus the political structures and ways of thinking in society, are founded on and reflect contemporary economic activity. Since Marx's time, the theory has been modified and expanded by thousands of Marxist thinkers. It now has many Marxist and non-Marxist variants.

Definition of historical materialism in the English dictionary

The definition of historical materialism in the dictionary is the part of Marxist theory maintaining that social structures derive from economic structures and that these are transformed as a result of class struggles, each ruling class producing another, which will overcome and destroy it, the final phase being the emergence of a communist society.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HISTORICAL MATERIALISM

historic
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historic episcopate
Historic Places Trust
historic present
historical
historical geology
historical linguistics
historical method
historical novel
historical present
historical school
historical-cost accounting
historically
historicalness
historicise
historicism
historicist
historicity
historicize

WORDS THAT END LIKE HISTORICAL MATERIALISM

brutalism
capitalism
citizen journalism
colonialism
formalism
imperialism
individualism
journalism
liberalism
literalism
materialism
metabolism
minimalism
nationalism
Orientalism
photojournalism
professionalism
realism
socialism
surrealism
vandalism

Synonyms and antonyms of historical materialism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «historical materialism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HISTORICAL MATERIALISM

Find out the translation of historical materialism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of historical materialism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «historical materialism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

历史唯物主义
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

materialismo histórico
570 millions of speakers

English

historical materialism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऐतिहासिक भौतिकवाद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المادية التاريخية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

исторический материализм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

materialismo histórico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঐতিহাসিক বস্তুবাদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

matérialisme historique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Materialisme sejarah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

historischen Materialismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

史的唯物論
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

역사 유물론
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Materialisme sajarah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vật lịch sử
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வரலாற்று சடவாதம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऐतिहासिक भौतिकवाद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tarihsel materyalizm
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

materialismo storico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

materializm historyczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

історичний матеріалізм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

materialism istoric
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Ο ιστορικός υλισμός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

historiese materialisme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

historiska materialismen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

historisk materialisme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of historical materialism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HISTORICAL MATERIALISM»

The term «historical materialism» is regularly used and occupies the 90.806 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HISTORICAL MATERIALISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about historical materialism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HISTORICAL MATERIALISM»

Discover the use of historical materialism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to historical materialism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gramsci, Historical Materialism and International Relations
Relates the writings of Antonio Gramsci and others to the contemporary debates in international relations.
Stephen Gill, 1993
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Historical Materialism and Globalization
These essays seek to show how a dialectic of power and resistance is at work in the contemporary global political economy, producing and contesting new realities, and creating conditions in which new forms of collective self determination ...
Mark Rupert, Hazel Smith, 2002
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Historical Materialism and the Economics of Karl Marx
The articles comprising this book stem from Croce's reflections on an essay on the materialist conception of history sent to him in 1895 by his former teacher, Antonio Labriola, whose lectures on moral philosophy Croce had attended at the ...
Benedetto Croce
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Democracy Against Capitalism: Renewing Historical Materialism
In this book she sets out to renew the critical program of historical materialism by redefining its basic concepts and its theory of history in original and imaginative ways, using them to identify the specificity of capitalism as a system ...
Ellen Meiksins Wood, 1995
5
Ecology and Historical Materialism
This book challenges the widely-held view that Marxism is unable to deal adequately with environmental problems.
Jonathan Hughes, 2000
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Marx's Temporalities
The book rethinks key categories of Marx's work beyond any philosophy of history, showing how the plurality of temporal layers that are combined and come into conflict in the violently unifying historical dimension of modernity are central ...
Massimiliano Tomba, 2012
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In the Tracks of Historical Materialism
Examines the growth of historical materialism in the West, analyzes the works of four structuralist critics, and discusses communication, political commitment, and the relationship between Marxism and socialism
Perry Anderson, 1983
8
Behind the Crisis: Marx's Dialectics of Value and Knowledge
Drawing on modern philosophy of science, epistemology, economics and sociology, this work retraces Marx’s original multi-disciplinary project and develops its foundations into a modern Marxist paradigm capable of understanding the present ...
Guglielmo Carchedi, 2010
9
Discovering Imperialism: Social Democracy to World War I
This volume assembles the main documents of the international debate on imperialism that took place in the Second International during the period 1898-1916.
Richard B. Day, Daniel Gaido, 2011
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Between Equal Rights: A Marxist Theory of International Law
Mieville critically examines existing theories of international law and offers a compelling alternative Marxist view.
China Miéville, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HISTORICAL MATERIALISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term historical materialism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Marxism and the fight for women's liberation | SocialistWorker.org
... Ferguson had written for the Historical Materialism edition of Lise Vogel's Marxism and the Oppression of Women: Toward a Unitary Theory. «Socialist Worker Online, Jul 15»
2
Ecological Conservation and The Historian's Craft
Traditionally, historical development under the influence of the concept of historical materialism, as propounded by Marx and Engels, discussed ... «Mainstream, Jul 15»
3
Repeating A 'Big Enough Lie'
... Marxism but never discussed it at the level of its foundational theses in dialectical materialism, historical materialism and scientific socialism. «CounterCurrents.org, Jul 15»
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How to get active
Learn at a conference: Historical Materialism: Reading Capital, Class and Gender Today on Friday to Sat July 17 and 18. University of Sydney. «Green Left Weekly, Jul 15»
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Crisis and Strategy: On Daniel Bensaïd's “The Notion of the …
... comprehensive and careful reconstruction of the connection between Lenin's contributions to historical materialism and his advancement of a ... «International Viewpoint, Jul 15»
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The dialectic and why it matters to Marxists
Trotsky tells in [his autobiography] My Life how he at first resisted the unified outlook of historical materialism. He adopted in its stead the theory ... «Socialist Worker Online, Jul 15»
7
When would the curtain close on Ghana's theatre of political jingoism?
Marx's historical materialism was rejected in his time, but became very popular during the 70s, especially in Latin America and in parts of Africa. «Ghana Business News, Jul 15»
8
Socialism conference kicks off in Sydney
More than 300 people are participating in lively discussions of everything from Australia's history of radical unionism to historical materialism, ... «Red Flag, Jul 15»
9
Georg Lukacs: Lessons for struggle today
With the emergence of historical materialism there arose the theory of the “conditions for the liberation of the proletariat” and the doctrine of ... «Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Jul 15»
10
Seeking Saraswati
... to build vegetarian studio apartments, holistic resorts and holy water bottling plants along its banks. Historical materialism, in a certain sense. «The Indian Express, Jun 15»

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