Historical Materialism, part 1

Introduction To Marx/Marxsim by John Molyneux

Oct 13, 202000:11:34Science & Medicine

outlines the basic ideas of Marx’s theory of history which sees history as driven primarily not by the deeds and ideas of ‘great men’ but by how the mass of ordinary people produce the necessities of life.

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