Who is the creator of history? The former holds a comprehensive view that the people are the creators of history and fully affirms the role played by individual heroes in the historical process. The latter believes that individual heroes are the creators of history.
Historical materialism insists that social existence determines social consciousness, while the latter is just the opposite.
Social mode of production is the decisive force of social development, which is materialistic and dialectical. The latter, on the other hand, thinks that social consciousness is the decisive force of social development.