Episode 15: Dialectical and Historical Materialism
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English - November 15, 2020 15:00 - 2 hours - 149 MBPolitics News History capitalism china cuba dprk progressive anticapitalism antiimperialism antiracism communism criticaltheory Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode I read and analyze Stalin's Dialectical and Historical Materialism.
This work builds upon the discussion on Dialectical Materialism (D.M because I'm lazy) we had in Episode 8, ol' Joe does a good job presenting the ideas clearly, and using quotes from Marx, Engels, and Lenin to illustrate the core concepts of D.M.
I've heard this is a great book to better grasp D.M as an analytical lens, especially for newcomers to the concept. It's very straightforward, the explanations use plain language, in fact Stalin actually provides his own notes in parenthesis to clarify certain obscure references and words.
Further, the second half presents the application of D.M to society and the history of mankind, dubbed Historical Materialism. This is a very important concept and I think the writing and discussion breaks it down into easily understandable chunks. Usefully points out key points our research should focus on to understand the developmental forces of history.
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Show Notes:
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1938/09.htm