We develop new principles for the world out of the world’s own principles. We do not say to the world: Cease your struggles, they are foolish; we will give you the true slogan of struggle. We merely ...

Marx contributed the central propositions of the Manifesto, which embody the materialist conception of history, or historical materialism. This theory was later explicitly formulated in Marx's ...

Marx deepened and developed philosophical materialism to the full, and extended the cognition of nature to include the cognition of human society. His historical materialism was a great ...

Together, through their intense study of Political Economy, the two would develop the theory of Dialectical Materialism, and conclude that the proletariat must mobilize for organized struggle. Marx’s ...

The puppet called ‘historical materialism’ is to win all the time. It can easily be a match for anyone if it enlists the services of theology, which today, as we know, is wizened and has to keep out ...

NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. Articles and book chapters: Beverley Best, 'Marx's Critical Theory of Slavery.' Historical Materialism, (advance article; online publication: Jan, 2024). Beverley Best, ...

The author defends historical materialism against contemporary anti-Marxist philosophical tendencies related to the Frankfurt School and postmodernism. This book is available for purchase from ...

Marx contributed the central propositions of the Manifesto, which embody the materialist conception of history, or historical materialism. This theory was later explicitly formulated in Marx's ...