Marxism
Excerpts from the Classics: The Socialist and Communist Stage of Social Development
Marx and Engels discuss why capitalism leads to socialism and how socialism resolves the contradictions of capitalism. They also distinguish between utopian and scientific socialism and discuss the distinction between...
Excerpts from the Classics: Average Profit
Average Profit "The profit occurring in accordance with this general rate of profit to any capital of a given magnitude, whatever its organic composition, is called the average profit."...
Excerpts from the Classics: Political Economy of Capitalism
The sequence of quotations followed is similar to that of a Marxist political economy textbook and of Marx's 'Capital'; itself. It begins with abstracting and analyzing the simplest form of...
Excerpts from the Classics: Theory of Objective Processes and Methodology
Quotations in this section deal with the theory of the nature and role of objective processes in social development, starting with a section on 'Historical Materialism' which applies the philosophy...
Excerpts from the Classics: Contribution of Marx and Engels, Role of Theory
The quotations in this section begin begin with Engels making an assessment of the theoretical contributions of Marx and Lenin making such an assessment of Marx and Engels. Then in...