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Foreword
Introduction
i. what is philosophy?
ii. why do we need to study philosophy?
iii. what philosophy should we study?
a) a scientific philosophy: dialectical materialism
b) a revolutionary philosophy: the philosophy of the proletariat
iv. conclusion: unity of theory and practice
Study of the marxist dialectical method
first lesson. - the dialectical method
i. what is a method?
ii. the metaphysical method
a) its characters
(b) its historical significance
iii. the dialectical method
a) its characters
b) his or her historical background
iv. formal logic and dialectical method
second lesson. - the first feature of the dialectic: everything fits together. (law of reciprocal action and connection
universal)
i. an example
ii. the first feature of the dialectic
iii. in the wild
iv. in society
v. conclusion
control issues
third lesson. - the second feature of the dialectic: everything is transformed (law of universal change and of the
continuous development)
i. an example
ii. the second feature of the dialectic
iii. in the wild
iv. in society
v. conclusion
control issues
fourth lesson. - the third feature of the dialectic: qualitative change
i. an example
ii. the third trait of the dialectic
iii. in the wild
iv. in society
v. conclusion
remarks
control issues
fifth lesson. - the fourth feature of the dialectic: the struggle of opposites (i)
i. the struggle of opposites is the driving force behind any change. an example
ii. the fourth feature of the dialectic
iii. Characteristics of the contradiction
a) the contradiction is internal
b) the contradiction is innovative
c) unity of opposites
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sixth lesson. - the fourth feature of the dialectic: the struggle of opposites (ii)
i. universality of contradiction
a) in the wild
b) in the company
ii. antagonism and contradiction
iii. the struggle of opposites, the motor of thought
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seventh lesson. - the fourth feature of the dialectic: the struggle of opposites (iii)
i. the specific nature of the contradiction
ii. universal and specific are inseparable
iii. main contradiction, secondary contradictions
iv. main and secondary aspects of the contradiction
v. general conclusion on contradiction. - marxism versus proudhonism
control issues
Study of marxist philosophical materialism
eighth lesson. - what is the materialistic conception of the world?
i. the two meanings of materialism
ii. matter and spirit
iii. the fundamental problem of philosophy
iv. the two meanings of the word "idealism".
v. materialism and idealism are opposed in practice as well as in theory
vi. Marxist philosophical materialism is distinguished by three fundamental features
control issues
ninth lesson. - the first feature of marxist materialism: the materiality of the world
i. the idealistic attitude
ii. the marxist conception
iii. matter and movement
iv. natural necessity
v. marxism and religion
vi. conclusion
control issues
tenth lesson. - the second feature of Marxist materialism: matter is prior to consciousness
i. new idealistic subterfuge
ii. the marxist conception
a) objectivity of being
b) consciousness, reflection of the being
iii. thought and the brain
iv. the two degrees of knowledge
v. conclusion
control issues
eleventh lesson. - the third trait of Marxist materialism: the world is knowable
i. the ultimate refuge of idealism
ii. the marxist conception
a) the role of the practice
b) a falsification of the Marxist notion of practice
iii. relative and absolute truth
iv. the union of theory and practice
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Dialectical materialism and the spiritual life of society
part three - dialectical materialism and the spiritual life of society
twelfth lesson. - the spiritual life of the society is a reflection of its material life
i. an example
ii. idealistic "explanations
iii. the dialectical materialist thesis
a) the material life of the society is an objective reality existing independently of the conscience and the
will not only of individuals, but of man in general
b) the spiritual life of the society is a reflection of the objective reality of the society
c) how new ideas and social theories emerge
d) the issue of survivorship
iv. conclusion
control issues
thirteenth lesson. - the role and importance of ideas in social life
i. an example
ii. the error of vulgar materialism
iii. the dialectical materialist thesis
a) it is the material origin of the ideas which founds their power
b) old and new ideas
c) new ideas have an organizing, mobilizing and transforming action
iv. conclusion
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fourteenth lesson. - the formation, importance and role of scientific socialism
i. the three sources of marxism
3a) German philosophy
b) English political economy
c) French socialism
ii. Utopian socialism
iii. scientific socialism
a) its training
b) its characters
iv. the role of scientific socialism
a) the fusion of socialism and the labor movement
b) Necessity of the Communist Party. - criticism of "spontaneity
v. conclusion
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Historical materialism
fifteenth lesson. - production: productive forces and production relationships
i. the conditions of the material life of the company
(a) the geographic setting
(b) the population
ii. the method of production
a) productive forces
b) production reports
iii. ownership of the means of production
iv. the change in production methods, a key to the history of companies
v. conclusion
control issues
sixteenth lesson. - the law of necessary correspondence between the relations of production and the character of the forces
productive
i. productive forces are the most mobile and revolutionary element of production
ii. the feedback of production reports on the productive forces
iii. the necessary law of correspondence
iv. the role of human action
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seventeenth lesson. - the class struggle before capitalism
i. the origins of the company
ii. the appearance of classes
iii. slave and feudal societies
iv. the development of the bourgeoisie
control issues
eighteenth lesson. - the contradictions of capitalist society
i. capitalist relations of production: their specific contradiction
ii. the law of correspondence necessary in capitalist society
a) the correspondence between capitalist relations of production and the character of the productive forces
b) the conflict between capitalist relations of production and the character of the productive forces
iii. the class struggle of the proletariat as a method for resolving the contradiction between the relations of production and the forces
productive
iv. conclusion
control issues
nineteenth lesson. - the superstructure
i. what is the superstructure?
ii. the superstructure is generated by the base
iii. the superstructure is an active force
iv. the superstructure is not directly related to production
v. conclusion
control issues
twentieth lesson. - socialism
i. distribution and production
ii. the economic basis of socialism
iii. objective conditions for the transition to socialism
iv. the fundamental law of socialism
v. subjective conditions of the transition to socialism and its development
vi. conclusion
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twenty-first lesson. - from socialism to communism
i. the first phase of communist society
ii. the upper phase of communist society
iii. productive forces and production relations under socialism
iv. the conditions of the transition from socialism to communism
v. conclusion
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The materialist theory of state and nation
twenty-second lesson. - the state
i. the state and the "general interest".
ii. the state, produces irreconcilable class antagonisms
a) origin of the state
b) historical role of the state
iii. the content and form of the statement
a) the social content of the state
(b) the form of the state
iv. class struggle and freedom
a) the bourgeoisie and "freedom".
b) the proletariat and freedoms
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twenty-third lesson. - the nation (i)
i. nation and social class
ii. the scientific conception of the nation
a) what is a nation?
b) some mistakes to avoid
iii. the bourgeoisie and the nation
a) the formation of bourgeois nations
b) the bourgeoisie at the head of the nation
c) the bourgeoisie traitor to the nation
iv. the working class and the nation
a) proletarian internationalism
b) proletarian patriotism
control issues
twenty-fourth lesson. - the nation (ii)
i. the colonial question: the right of nations to self-determination
ii. socialist nations
a) National question and socialist revolution
(b) character of socialist nations
iii. the future of nations
note on alsace and the moselle
control issues