Historical-dialectical Materialism
masculine noun Philosophy and social-scientific method developed by Marx and Engels. Historical materialism: material conditions of production (economy) are the real basis of society, and ideas, laws, politics are superstructure. Dialectical: internal contradictions of the mode of production generate transformations (thesis → antithesis → synthesis). Applied to analysis of classes, revolutions, and social evolution. It is not a conspiracy theory but an explanatory framework.
Example: "For historical-dialectical materialism, the fall of the Berlin Wall was not just ideological – it resulted from internal economic contradictions (low productivity, inefficient planning) that made the system materially unsustainable."
Historical-dialectical Materialism by Abzugal May 26, 2026