...sometimes called, another of the discoveries of Karl Marx. Here is the oft-quoted statement of Marx: "The mode of production in material life determines...social, political and spiritual processes of life. It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence but, on the contrary, their social...

...foundation the dogma of "economic determinism." "The mode of production in material life," he taught, "determines the general character of the social, political, and spiritual processes of life. It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but, on the contrary, their social...

...himself sums up his theory as follows: "The sum total of these relations of production constitutes the economic structure of society — the real foundation...social, political, and spiritual processes of life. It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but, on the contrary, their social...

...of their material powers of production. The sum total of these relations of production constitutes the economic structure of society — the real foundation,...of the social, political, and spiritual processes in life. It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but, on the contrary,...

...production. The sum total of these relations of production constitute the economic structure of society—the real foundation, on which rise legal and political...social, political, and spiritual processes of life. It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but, on the contrary, their social...

...Interpretation of History, p. 105. * Com. Manifesto, p. 6. * Contribution to Critique of Pol. Econ., p. 11-12. determines the general character of the social, political, and spiritual processes of life. It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but, on the contrary, their social...

...of their material powers of production. The sum total of these relations of production constitutes the economic structure of society — the real foundation,...social, political and spiritual processes of life. It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but, on the contrary, their social...

...of their material powers of production. The sum total of these relations of production constitutes the economic structure of society — the real foundation,...social, political and spiritual processes of life. It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but, on the contrary, their social...

...The sum total of these relations of production constitutes the economic structure of society—the real foundation, on which rise legal and political...social, political and spiritual processes of life. It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but, on the contrary, their social...

...corollary of economic determinism. "The mode of production," said Marx in one of his most famous aphorisms, "determines the general character of the social, political, and spiritual processes of life." "Here," Engels said, "is the fundamental proposition which belongs to Marx." "Every man," in Bebel's...