- The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and
tenets. - The tendency to give undue importance to material
interests; devotion to the material nature and its wants. - Material substances in the aggregate; matter.
Sociocultural materialism ociocultural materialism is a variant of cultural materialism that emphasizes the relationship between intensification, bureaucratization, and
Materialism Materialism is the view that material conditions (usually economic and technological factors) play the central role in determining social stability
Historical materialism Historical materialism means Marx's theory that processes of social change are determined primarily (but not exclusively) by economic factors.
Cultural materialism Cultural materialism is a macro social theory that attempts to account for the similarities and differences between sociocultural systems by
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