Historical Schools Of Marxist Analysis

Historical theory has grown to encompass various schools of thought and methodology across years of historical analytics. These classes of theory consisting of twelve categories, ranging from oral traditions to gender studies, psychoanalysis, and others. Each school developing from changes in historical trends, understanding, and history itself. Historians use theory to filter information, read documents, and provide perspectives to the world around them. By looking at the theory of Marxism and postcolonial perspectives, the shifts of ideas and understanding of interpreting history can be viewed to demonstrate examples of twentieth-century history and theory. Both of these schools of thought continue to influence how we perceive the history

Marxism is arguably one of the most influential theories in historical analytics. Its influence is due to its application in almost all historical schools of thought. Ranging from various elements of social history, political and economic history, Marxist theory reaches across academic disciplines. Created by German philosopher Karl Marx in the 1840’s, Marxist seeks to give voice to the “history from below” or an ordinary peoples history. The base of the theory is rooted in the concept of the economy, and that class struggle is the center of historical

In a post World War II era of decolonization, the effects of colonization on colonized people came to light and raised questions for historians. The postcolonial perspective historians main aim is to put the colonized perspective at center, to understand the lingering influence of colonialism, and begin to reject the colonial narrative written by European actors. The shift to postcolonial perspectives started in the years following decolonization across much of the world, influencing the question of experiences and interpretations of imperialism, leading to the rejection of prevailing European narratives. The shift to postcolonial history is vital to the field at large because, like Marx, it brings a perspective from those who have been silenced by the colonial elite. The European narrative that dominated the documents, political archives, and literature on the scientific reasoning for colonialism was the historical paradigms written by those in charge. Western ideas of social Darwinism, bringing capitalism and advancements to ‘backwards’ countries comprised the rhetoric of colonialism. Postcolonial, however, bring culture and agency back to the colonized people. The discussion of the term postcolonial in it of itself represents the continued problems historians face. Historians question if the word “postcolonial” is accurate, as