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historical materialism
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historical materialism
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A major tenet in the Marxist theory of history that regards material economic forces as the base on which sociopolitical institutions and ideas are built.

historical materialism
n
(Sociology) 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


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10) See for a contemporary exponent of this historical-materialist view on disability history: Brendan Gleeson, 'Disability Studies: A Historical Materialist View', Disability & Society 12 (1997): 179-202.
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