Historical Materialism

by V.G. Afanasyev

An introduction to the mode of production, explains a social order's base and superstructure, people as decisive in social development, classes and class struggle, the state, revolutionary change, social consciousness.

Genres: Philosophy

218 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1987

Reviews

[kz]

Although I feel like this short 180 page book got dogmatic at times, it provides a good summary of what Historical Materialism is and how it’s been used through out history to effect changes throughout society. This book also gives a rundown of the USSR’s social policies and public moralities concerning religion, art, and science and how they contrast with bourgeois democratic countries social policies and public moralities on the same topics.

[Steve]

Soviet diamat crap.

[Brianna DeNamur]

A good synthesis of historical materialism. It crammed a lot of theory in 180 pages which was a nice summary. I really could’ve done without all the Soviet propaganda, though I understand that that fits the context under which the book was written.