Mike Davis said that academic Marxist theory "seemed to take a monstrously obscurantist turn towards the end of the century." (Enzo Figueres / Getty Images) “American Marxism exists, it is here and ...
But in philosophy the term materialism is used rather differently ... That sounds pretty obvious now, but in Karl Marx’s time (1818-1883), there were, as there are today, philosophers who argue that ...
That Marx spent much effort — in The Communist Manifesto and in books such as The German Ideology and The Poverty of Philosophy — denouncing other socialisms, suggests that Marxism and ...
McMeekin shows us, however, that Marx was himself a fire breather and hater of no mean proportions. Marx’s misanthropy continued throughout his adult life, leading him to a distorted version of ...
Flaws and Virtues of Marxist Theory What are we to make of his apocalyptic argument? There is an easy way of disposing of the whole thing. Remember that the system is built on value -- labor value ...
While his views on Buddhism being superior to other religions are well-known, Ambedkar also believed the Buddha’s path to be superior to the major religion-rejecting philosophy, Marxism. In an essay, ...