Thread on alternatives to historical materialism in r/askhistorians
Thread on alternatives to historical materialism in r/askhistorians
Power users and mods just keep repeating: "History is not a science because culture (i.e., god) is all-powerful. We might use evidence but we distrust grand theories."
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you're not arguing for grand theories right?
I'm arguing for historical materialism.
I've understood hm to be a method not a theory, no?
The underlying theory would be material causality?
Well, dialectical materialism, but yeah
wouldn't it be both?
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