Mar 5, 2020
9 min read
Analytical Marxism: Historical Materialism and Cohen’s Grounding Thesis
What distinguishes Marxism from other theories of history is its emphasis on materialism. There are two distinct senses for the word materialism. Firstly, materialism is an ontological position on what exists. From the materialist perspective, only physical entities exist — there are no Gods, souls. Materialism as an ontological position is not new or unique to…
