Institute for the Study of the Science of Society

Introducing

Marxist Philosophy
A Study Guide for Revolutionaries in the Age of Electronics

"The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." - Karl Marx

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Table of Contents

Introduction

1 Dialectical and Historical Materialism
and the importance of causality

2 Contradiction and Antagonism
the basis for two kinds of change

3 Quantity and Quality
the birth of the new and the destruction of the old

4 The Leap
the motion of qualitative change

5 Polarization
the destruction of the old connections

6 Base and Superstructure
society - how and why transformation is possible

7 The Making of History
and the role of the individual

8 New Epoch Calls for New Doctrine

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