...superstructures arise and to which definite forms of social consciousness correspond. The mode of production of material life determines the general character of...social, political, and spiritual processes of life. It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being, but, on the contrary, their social...

...then generalized as an explanation for historical change. The mode ox production in material lil'e determines the general character of the social, political and spiritual processes of life. Karl Marx (1818-1883) German political/social philosopher - in Contribution to the Critique of Political...

...that is decisive. Winner argues that in Marx '[t]he mode of production of material life determines1 the general character of the social, political and spiritual processes of life' (1978: 51). However, for Marx, it is the forces of production that play the key determining role, for...