The Problems with Marx's Dialectic

The Problems with Marx’s Dialectic

Tags: Philosophy and Methodology, Political Theory

01/08/2021 Allen Gindler

The Marxist dialectic was purported to explain every development in Soviet society. But so much wishful thinking was required that eventually it all just became a subject for jokes.

Original Article: “The Problems with Marx’s Dialectic“

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