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historical materialism

Marxist theory of historiography that material and economic conditions drive societal structure and historical change
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historical materialism

Summary

historical materialism is a branch of philosophy[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • historical materialism's instance of is recorded as branch of philosophy[3].
  • historical materialism's instance of is recorded as theory of history[4].
  • historical materialism is part of Marxism[5].
  • historical materialism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Historical materialism[6].
  • historical materialism's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].

Body

Publication

historical materialism is part of Marxism[5].

Why It Matters

historical materialism has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12h ago · Charp238 · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Namuwiki id → 사적 유물론
    Permanent duplicated item → Q31830102
    Image → Graphic representation of historical materialist notion of history.jpg
    Wikidata description → Marxist theory of historiography that material and economic conditions drive soc
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8885]]: 사적 유물론"
  2. 15h ago · Charp238 · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Schematic → Diagram of Historical Materialism.svg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P5555]]: Diagram of Historical Materialism.svg"
  3. 5d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → historical-materialism
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: historical-materialism, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289937773|historical materialism (#289937773)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalo"
  4. 6w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → ['3dQyZP', '3u6B2m']
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  5. 10w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0000195-historicky-materialismus
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0000195-historicky-materialismus, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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