Could somebody please clear me up on this? I'd love answer that starts with a definition. Hoping that this is allowed in the sub, since it is a question about how historians analyse history.
This is a repost since I came across this interesting question but no one had answered it.
In lieu of an answer, here's a list of previous answers to this and related questions...
Definitions: Socialism, communism, Marxism, Marxism-Leninism answer by u/Kochevnik81
Difference between National Socialism and Leftist Socialism answer by u/graknab
What is Marxist history? answer by u/Libertat
Relevance of Marxism for modern historiography answer by u/Instantcoffees
Marxian historical materialism relevant for contemporary historical research? answer by u/VictorM51
Marxist historiography in modern history? answers by u/commiespaceinvader and u/ThucydidesWasAwesome
Marxism and historiography answers by u/commiespaceinvader and u/jschooltiger and u/alriclofgar
Shift away from totalitarianism model of Soviet historiography? answer by u/Soviet_Ghosts and u/kieslowskifan and u/Kochevnik81 and u/Klesk_vs_Xaero
Was American historiography of the USSR changed by its collapse? answer by u/Kochevnik81
...and last but not least, an interesting but brief episode on E. P. Thompson: The Foremost Marxist in History by the youtuber The Cynical Historian