Answer: Marxist history is the writing of history based on the theory of the German thinker Karl Marx.
- Karl Marx put forth the theory that history is not merely a history of kings and wars but of human society and its means of production.
- According to Marx, the history of human beings is related to their ability to obtain the basic necessities of life, which depends on the means and relations of production.
- The relations of production are unequal, so society is divided into classes such as owners and workers; this leads to class struggle.
- He held that history moves forward through class struggle.
- His views are set out in ‘Das Kapital’. Marxist historiography made the history of the common people, workers and peasants an important subject of history.
