Practice question · Select all that apply
Which are genuine contributions historical materialism made to the discipline?
Hints
- The contributions concern structure, subject matter and suspicion.
- Reliable prediction is the one promise it did not keep.
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- A. Ideology became something to interrogate rather than accept
- B. Social history, labour history, and everyday life became serious subjects
- C. Economic structure became a permanent part of historical explanation
Why
Structure, subject matter, and suspicion of the obvious, three permanent gains. Prediction is the one thing it promised and the one thing it could not deliver.
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