Reason (R): Marx's theory of historical materialism posits that the productive forces and relations of production determine the economic base, which in turn shapes the superstructure of society including its institutions, ideologies and culture.
Assertion (A): According to Marxists, the transition from capitalism to socialism requires a revolutionary upheaval to dismantle the capitalist economic base and its superstructural manifestations like the bourgeois state.
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Both R and A are true and A is the correct explanation of R
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Both R and A are true but A is not the correct explanation of R
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R is true but A is false
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R is false but A is true
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