Tag: Marxism

I. Introduction to Materialist Dialectics Materialist dialectics, also known as dialectical materialism, is a framework rooted in Marxist philosophy, developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels as an adaptation of Hegelian dialectics. While Hegel’s dialectics viewed historical change as driven by the progression of ideas, Marx and Engels shifted this focus toward material conditions, asserting that concrete, tangible elements of human life—such as labor, economics, and class relations—play the dominant role in shaping society and human consciousness. According to materialist dialectics, societal transformation is driven by resolving inherent contradictions within systems. This approach reveals how these contradictions between economic classes