Karl Marx · Economics

The Engine of History

Marx’s claim that history is driven not by ideas or great men but by economics - by how a society produces the material things it needs to live.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Marx puts the economic ‘base’ beneath the cultural ‘superstructure.’ Explain the relationship between them, and one objection to it, in your own words.

Leads to Max Weber.

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