Economic base determines superstructure and historical epochs change through structural contradiction

Evidence

Granovetter’s idea of embeddedness may be seen as an attempt to introduce into the analysis of economic systems social organization and social relations not merely as a structure that springs into place to fulfill an economic function, but as a structure with history and continuity that give it an independent effect on the functioning of economic systems. — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 29 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Economism reduces social formations to a single line of economic determination; Economic base sets limits but never fully determines historical outcomes; Social structures carry history and continuity that independently affect economic systems — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 29 (+16 more)

Related

• A society’s economic base determines its political and juridical superstructure. (similarity 0.84)
• Social structures carry history and continuity that independently affect economic systems (similarity 0.82)
• Economic base sets limits but never fully determines historical outcomes (similarity 0.81)
• Economic structure constrains but does not determine political and ideological levels. (similarity 0.80)
• Cultural studies rejects the base-superstructure model of economic determination (similarity 0.80)
• The economy’s weight relative to society varies historically rather than ontologically (similarity 0.79)
• Economic crises alone do not directly cause fundamental historical events (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Cultural studies rejects the base-superstructure model of economic determination #contradicts (0.90)
• Economic structures are necessary but not sufficient to explain political and ideological features #qualifies (0.88)
• Social structures carry history and continuity that independently affect economic systems #complicates (0.85) — Coleman, SocialCapitalCreation-1988, 29
• Historical materialism requires retaining economic determination without economic reductionism #qualifies (0.85)
• The core problem is reconciling economic determination with superstructural autonomy #expands (0.82)
• Economic abstractions are historically determined, not universal or extra-historical #expands (0.80)
• Historical conjunctures are overdetermined accumulations of heterogeneous contradictions #expands (0.80)
• Ideology disrupts predicted historical processes and enables revolutions #complicates (0.80)
• Transforming capitalist society requires understanding its opaque base and superstructures #expands (0.78)
• Economic paradigms explain racial and ethnic divisions as effects of economic structures #exemplifies (0.75) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 579
• Cultural change can follow institutional change rather than precede it #qualifies (0.75) — , The Rod and the Child, 2237