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L ~ MARXISM*LENINISH-MAO TSE-TUNG THCUGHT ty oo) In thetr early writings Yarx and Engele atienptes to develop ue Phllosophy-whioh got at the foundation on whick political systens “ and“huran interactions were organized. This process led them to vi formulate the philosophy of dialectical and historical raterialian. . . This way of thought was first conerecely crystaltized in their roo. Joint work, The Gersan Ideology, written in 1&4S5and 1846. The *. Materialism of Marx and Engels represented a new stase in the ' B0clalist movement, the st:ge at which socialiem became scientific rather utopian. But Marx and Engels did not stop with the mere Creation of a philososhy; for as Marx said,"the philosophers have only interpreted the world <i°ferently, the point 1s to change 1t." From this point Marx and Engels moved in two directions. _ Marx undertook a comprehensive analysis of canitalism (Cenritat) in order to show that within its own laws of motion, cavitaliam Sore the seeds of its own destruction. Both of them, working individually and together, also put a lot of their energy behind analyzing vartous historical and contemporary strugsles such as the French Revolution of 172°, the aborted Evropecn revolutions of 1848, and the Paria, gpucune of 1871. Their purpose in analyzing these strug-les was to*how each event fit into the overall per- svettive international proletarian revolution and how an improved understanding of dialectical materialism could heve alterved aenpremed the tactics and Bteategy of the participants in these struggles. Reading: The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism . Vel. Lenin Other Readings: On Contradiction Mao 35 Pp. Dialectical and Hist: rical Materlelism Stalin 40 pp. Value, Price, and Profit Karx 50 ppe outlines the basic lavs of motion of capitalism Luawig Feurbach Engela 65 ppe Here Engels runs down how dialectical net rielism g¢re: out of, yet differs from the naterialisr, of the Gerwan philosopher Reurbach and the dialectics of Hegel. ‘The German Ideology, Part I Marx end Engels 60 ppe This talks atout how moterialism and idealism differ and oresents the basics of the idea of proleterian revolution. Socialism, Utopian and Scienttfie Engels 60 ppe ExDlains the difference between the sclentific epproach to soclalism as developed by Marx end Encels and the utopian anelysis which prevailed before them, develoned by neoovle like Fourier and Robert Cwene . Gommie Manifesto. Cenital éntholocy Type: Reacer in Marxist Philosophy Howard S.1som and Herry Martel SEE SET ST NEE EE ER SRE LE LOPE AICS TESS ss