Th. Quiz

Historical Materialism:
"Historical materialism is the application of Marxist scienceto historical development. The fundamental proposition of historical materialism can be summed up in a sentence: 'it is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but, on the contrary, their social existence that determines their consciousness.'" (Marx, in Preface to A Contributino to the Critique of Political Economy)

"Historical materialism looks for the causes of development and changes in human history in economic, technological, and more broadly , material factors, as well as the clashes of material interests among social classes." (From Wikipedia) Important to remember is that historical materialism provides a class analysis to history (where culture, race, ethnicity, gender are secondary).