Marxism
Excerpts from the Classics: Dialectical Materialism
This section is organized in a sequence similar to a textbook on dialectical materialism. After discussing the nature and role of philosophy, the quotations focus on materialism and the basic...
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...