The idea that history is explained by the development of material forces (which seems like a reasonable definition) isn't specifically Marxist. That's what most sociologists think, isn't it? :)
--- On Mon, 7/28/08, Charles Brown <charlesb at cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us> wrote:
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> ^^^^^
> CB: Interesting. What are you thinking of as a definition
> of
> historical materialism ? I think of it as subscribing to
> the thesis of
> _The Manifesto of the Communist Party_.
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