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. * Ra TET ITT ORIN PROTEASE STRRN ES, SWORE ew ct rae oo i MARXISM-LENINISH-MAO' TSE-TUNG THOUGHT © MARXISM 0S nD - In their early writings Marx and Engels attenpted too ~ Gevelop a«philosophy which got at:the foundation on which ~~ political systems and human interactions -were organized. °° |. _This process led them-to develop the philosophy .of dlalectical _ .@nd historical meterialism. This way of. thought was first - _ coneretely crystallized in. The German Ideology, written-in _ . | 1845-6“ by Marx and Engels. The materialism of Marx and Engels ~ Represented a new stage in the sooialist movement; the stage. | when it became scientific rather than utopian. But Marx. and Engels did not stop with the mere development ofa ~~~ . philosophy; for as Marx said, "The philosophers have ohly’: interpreted the world differently, the’ point is to change .it.".. , Marx and Engels focussed on creating change by applying ; their way of thinking to-analysis of historical and contemporary .: | struggles such and the French Revolution and the European. - = ‘aborted revolutions of 1848... Marx‘also made a. major contribution . a by his detailed (to say the least) examination of the laws of. - - _ motion in Capital (Das Kepital). The three volumes of Capital — solidified the theory that capitalism was doomed in the long: . ; run. - | ; : The reading below gives a brief outline of the main tenets which compose Marxist philosophy. Oo me - ow rm} Further Readings - gp \ &: Basic O,,tlines of Dialectical and Historical Materialism: — On Contradiction . Mao .§ 35pp> a Dialectical and Historical Materialism Stalin 40 pp. Other books: Valuek Price, and Profit Marx 50 pp. “This is an outline of the basic laws of motion of capitalism © _ Ludwig Feurbach Engels Here Engels runs down how dialectical materialism grew out of, yet differs from the | ~~ materialism of the German philosoper Feurbach and the dialectics of Hegel. 65 pp. The German Ideology, Part I Marx and Engels 60 pp. This Shows how material&sm and idealism differ and also presents the basics of the idea of pro-. letarian revolution. Socialism, Utovian and 3cientific Engels 60 pp. -_ Explains the difference between scientific approach to socialsim and a utopiaa way of looking at revolution. The Manifesto of the Communist Party Capital 7 Antholozies: . Reader in Marxist Philosophy Howard Selsom and Harry Martel