1549 Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 I am presuming you are most knowledgeable in Marxist's theories on this board (though I may be wrong). For my english class I am writing a paper that involves drawing parallels to the Marxist theory of Historical Materialism. I am doing a lot of research, but I am hoping you could give me a preliminary summary of what Historical Materialism is, so I know I am on the right track. From what I understand so far, Historical materialism, in simplest terms, is: one society becomes out-dated, another takes over. Am I on the right track? I am begining to think I should have just drawn parallels to Greek Gods like everyone else in the class, rather than bring up complex social theories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1549 Posted October 10, 2003 Author Share Posted October 10, 2003 if anybody else is familiar with this topic, feel free to respond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowerCaseRepublican Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 I am presuming you are most knowledgeable in Marxist's theories on this board (though I may be wrong). For my english class I am writing a paper that involves drawing parallels to the Marxist theory of Historical Materialism. I am doing a lot of research, but I am hoping you could give me a preliminary summary of what Historical Materialism is, so I know I am on the right track. From what I understand so far, Historical materialism, in simplest terms, is: one society becomes out-dated, another takes over. Am I on the right track? I am begining to think I should have just drawn parallels to Greek Gods like everyone else in the class, rather than bring up complex social theories. Marxist thought primarily deals with economics and a lot of economic interpretations. It looks primarily how wealth and money is divided in the society, the different classes that come out as a result of that, how and what products are produced and where they are sold. Simply put, everything has an economic reason as the underlying cause. The people change the style of government to change the ownership and distribution of resources. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1549 Posted October 10, 2003 Author Share Posted October 10, 2003 I am presuming you are most knowledgeable in Marxist's theories on this board (though I may be wrong). For my english class I am writing a paper that involves drawing parallels to the Marxist theory of Historical Materialism. I am doing a lot of research, but I am hoping you could give me a preliminary summary of what Historical Materialism is, so I know I am on the right track. From what I understand so far, Historical materialism, in simplest terms, is: one society becomes out-dated, another takes over. Am I on the right track? I am begining to think I should have just drawn parallels to Greek Gods like everyone else in the class, rather than bring up complex social theories. Marxist thought primarily deals with economics and a lot of economic interpretations. It looks primarily how wealth and money is divided in the society, the different classes that come out as a result of that, how and what products are produced and where they are sold. Simply put, everything has an economic reason as the underlying cause. The people change the style of government to change the ownership and distribution of resources. damnit, you just threw me for a loop. Looks like I picked the wrong door for a topic. Well thanks for your help, I am looking for the social parallel...maybe I should be looking for greek gods though . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowerCaseRepublican Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 I am presuming you are most knowledgeable in Marxist's theories on this board (though I may be wrong). For my english class I am writing a paper that involves drawing parallels to the Marxist theory of Historical Materialism. I am doing a lot of research, but I am hoping you could give me a preliminary summary of what Historical Materialism is, so I know I am on the right track. From what I understand so far, Historical materialism, in simplest terms, is: one society becomes out-dated, another takes over. Am I on the right track? I am begining to think I should have just drawn parallels to Greek Gods like everyone else in the class, rather than bring up complex social theories. Marxist thought primarily deals with economics and a lot of economic interpretations. It looks primarily how wealth and money is divided in the society, the different classes that come out as a result of that, how and what products are produced and where they are sold. Simply put, everything has an economic reason as the underlying cause. The people change the style of government to change the ownership and distribution of resources. damnit, you just threw me for a loop. Looks like I picked the wrong alley. Well thanks for your help, I am looking for the social parallel. Just talk about the social classes and exploitation and that is the reason they change the economics of the entire situation from feudalism to capitalism to socialism to communism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1549 Posted October 10, 2003 Author Share Posted October 10, 2003 well, my thesis states that the class system and characters in book 1 of the return of the native are based on marx's theory of historical materialism. Anyway, I gotta get some sleep, thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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