Cultural Theory: Historical Materialism

College course lecture from Ron Strickland.

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Education

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• Marxism
• History
• Culture
• Materialism
• Ron
• Strickland

[rlstrick]

Re skiskiskiii-- This question turns out to be a very important question in the history of Marxist thought. On reflection, I realized that I always use the term "Historical Materialism" rather than "Dialectical Materialism," but couldn't remember why (if, indeed, I had a reason). When I consulted Bottomore's _Dictionary of Marxist Thought_, I saw why. Check out the entry on "Dialectical Materialism" from that work... I think it will be useful for you. Or email (rlstrick@mtu.edu) for pdf.

[xx1994xxversion2]

@xxwzaebd Most of those accusations derive from propaganda and social constructs that make you think that it is beyond obvious that communism = tyrannical dictatorship and thought like that for a long time until I read about actual communist theory and socialist regimes.

[NaziDan1488]

arrrgh! Its Saruman!!!

[S0ulForgeD]

Historical materialism is a way of thought about our existence in some ways. For Marx, labour and work are the primal ways of existing, as it's the interpretation of our thoughts.

What we see in capitalism is what Marx called alienization from actual products. This is a thing to think about.

[skiskiskiiiii]

Many thanks for this very useful overview of what had seemd like a complicated concept (before you elucidated it here). Question: How does Historical Materialism differ from Dialectic Materialism? I assume that the former merely emphasises Marxist conceptualisations of history rather than more generally providing the theoretical framework for Marxist understanding of society? Is this correct? Or is it possible to ise the terms interchangeably? Many thanks,

Jenny

[skiskiskiiiii]

Many thanks for this very useful overview of what had seemd like a complicated concept (before you elucidated it here). Question: How does Historical Materialism differ from Dialectic Materialism? I assume that the former merely emphasises Marxist conceptualisations of history rather than more generally providing the theoretical framework for Marxist understanding of society? Is this correct? Or is it possible to ise the terms interchangeably? Many thanks,

Jenny

[bass109]

Jesus is worthy to rule earth, Jesus loves you.

[xxwzaebd]

People in capitalistic countries live better in average than in communist countries like North Korea.

[xxwzaebd]

The fact that communism is murder and dictatorship is NOT propaganda but proven in history. It killed over 100 million people. We don't have to read Marx books but search "Stalin","Pol Pot","Ceaucescu","Mao Zedong","Tiananmen square","Kim Jong Il" and "Slobodan Milosevic" to learn what communism is.

[extremeeXrement1]

i wouldnt dislike athiest so much if so many of them didnt believe in materialism