Marxist or historical materialist historiography is a school of
historiography influenced by Marxism. The chief tenets of Marxist historiography
are the centrality of social class and economic constraints in determining
historical outcomes.
Marxist historiography has made contributions to the history of the working
class, oppressed nationalities, and the methodology of history from below.
Marxist historiography, that is, the writing of Marxist history in line
with the given historiographical principles, is generally seen as a tool. Its
aim is to bring those oppressed by history to self-consciousness, and to arm
them with tactics and strategies from history: it is both a historical and a
liberatory project.
Historians who use Marxist methodology, but disagree with the mainstream of
Marxism, often describe themselves as marxist historians (with a lowercase M).
Methods from Marxist historiography, such as class analysis, can be divorced
from the liberatory intent of Marxist historiography; such practitioners often
refer to their work as marxian or Marxian.
In the study of early India, there are several historians working with
Marxian methods.
R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, D.N. Jha, B.D. Chattopadhyay and Kumkum Roy are
some of them. Their researches have enriched our understanding of ancient
India.
The Marxist historians have contributed enormously to Indian
historiography. In all
field of Indian history, whether we divide it by periods or by topics, the
Marxist historians
have made significant contributions. In several areas, their works have
changed the
course of historiography. The Marxist historians do not form a monolithic
bloc.
There are wide divergences of views among the Marxist historians. However,
there are certain common elements among them.
The history of the dynasties was replaced by the history of the common
people. More
emphasis was now given to the study of economy and society in preference to
the
political history. The study of broad social and economic systems such as
feudalism
and colonialism were undertaken and the social, economic and political
changes were
considered not in the light of the actions of individual statesmen, but in
terms of the
working out of economy and conflicts between classes.At the level of
methodology,
Kosambi’s works introduced an interdisciplinary approach to history which
encompassed literature, archaeology, linguistics, anthropology, numismatics
and statistics.
Moreover, the Marxist historiography has made interpretation and
explanation more
important than narration or description.
TRANSLATION
Marxist
historiography kan tih chu historiography emaw history ziah dan chi hrang hrang
zing a pakhat,Karl Marx a zirtirna in a nghawng ani a.Marxist historiography
thurin bulpui ber chu vantlang pawl leh economy a khuahkhirhna atanga history
lam thil a rahchhuak awm apiang lo hriat chian tum hi ani.
Marxist
historiography chuan hnam hnuaihnung zawk te leh mipui vantlang te history
zirna leh ziahna ah a thawh hlawk hle a,heng mi te history thlir dan leh hmuh
dan min hriattir bawk ani.
Marxist
historiography in a tum ber chu history hmang a nekchep a awm te chawikan leh
remhriatna a thuam hi ani,marxist historiography chu history lam thil a nih
rualin in chhuah zalenna tura ruahmanna pawh ani thei ani.
Historian
thenkhat Marx-a thlirna hmang tho si,mahse Marxism thurin nawlpui ring silo an
awm a,heng ho hian marxist historians ('M' té an hmang) an inti kher
ani.Marxist historiography hrang hrang a class analysis chauh an hmang a,an
kuthnu emaw kutchhuak emaw te chu marxian tiin emaw Marxian an ti bawk thin.
India
history zir zingah historian thenkhat Marxian method hmang an awm nual a chung
te chu R.S.Sharma ,Romila Thapar,D.N.Jha,B.D.Chattopadhyay leh Kumkum Roy te an
ni a,an thil zir tam tak te hian hmasang India chanchin chungchang kan hriatna
nasa takin an tipung ani.
Marxist
historian te hian Indian history ziahna ah an thawh hlawk em em a,Indian
history hi a hunbi ang zawngin emaw a thupui ang zawng pawhin then hrang mah
ila Marxist historian te thawh hlawk zia kan hmu tho tho a,hmun thenkhat ah
phei chuan an hnathawh te avanga history ziah dan lo danglam ta te pawh hmuh
tur a awm nawk.Marxist historian te hian rindan pakhat chauh kalpui lovin
thlirna tlang hrang hrang atangin thil an thlir zawk a amaherawhchu hetih rual
hian an hnathawhah thil inang tak tak a awm bawk.
Heng
Marxist historian te zarah tunhmaa lal ram chanchin kan lo zir thin te chu
mipui mimir chanchin in alo in thlak ta a,political history zirna chu economy
leh society zirna in alo thlak ta bawk a.Kosami chuan interdisciplinary
approach rawn ching chhuak in history chu
literature,archaeology,linguistics,anthropology,numismatics leh statistics te
nen a rawn in kungkaih tir a,tin Marxist historiography hian history chu
thawnthu anga an sawi thin aiin a awmze diktak hrilhfiah a dah pawimawh zawk
bawk ani.
References:
(i)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxist_historiography
(ii)MHI-03
Historiography,IGNOU,MA Text Book
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