HISTORICAL MATERIALISM

Abstract

Larson explains to Marx “matter is not a product of mind: on the contrary, the mind is simply and most advanced product of matter.” The materialist theory of history is the cornerstone of Marx’s social and political thinking and remains one of the most major and influential works of Marx. 

The materialist theory of history was developed in his major work The German Ideology with Engels. The German Ideology was published in 1846. The aim of the development of this theory was written between 1845 and 1846 and was to set out the views of materialism in opposition to Hegelian philosophy.