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Historical Determinism

Historical Determinism is a theoretical framework within Marxist historiography that posits the development of human societies follows a necessary and law-governed progression driven primarily by material conditions and class struggle, distinguishing it from contingent or ideational accounts of historical change.

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115

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69

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2017–2026

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Publications

102

Critical Race Theory: The Cutting Edge.

Alfonso García Morales, Richard Delgado · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1996 · 1.6K citations

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Does technology drive history?: the dilemma of technological determinism

Choice Reviews Online · 1995 · 771 citations

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Does Technology Drive History? The Dilemma of Technological Determinism.

Alex Roland, Merritt Roe Smith, Léo Marx · The Journal of Military History · 1995 · 685 citations

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Some Dynamic Elements of Contests for the Presidency

Donald Stokes · American Political Science Review · 1966 · 319 citations

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Theory and History: An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution

Louis A. Dow, Ludwig von Mises · Books Abroad · 1958 · 295 citations

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Authors

115

  1. KL
    Keith Lehrer

    University of Arizona, United States

    2 publications · 26 citations

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  2. MR
    Merritt Roe Smith

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    2 publications · 743 citations

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  3. MV
    Marij van Strien

    Ghent University, Belgium

    2 publications · 46 citations

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  4. LM
    Léo Marx

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 743 citations

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  5. VC
    Vivek Chibber

    New York University, United States

    1 publications · 16 citations

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Institutions

69

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    560 citations

  2. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    89 citations

  3. New York University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    33 citations

  4. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    34 citations

  5. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    180 citations

  6. University of Bradford

    Bradford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  7. Yunnan Institute of Environmental Sciences

    Kunming, China

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    39 citations

  8. Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology

    Beijing, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 5 publications · 856 citations

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  2. History and Theory

    3 publications · 77 citations

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  3. Technology and Culture

    2 publications · 88 citations

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  4. Analysis

    2 publications · 26 citations

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  5. American Political Science Review

    2 publications · 339 citations

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