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This is a series of short introductions to the ideas of Marx and Marxism by Marxist writer, John Molyneux. John is the author of numerous books and articles on Marxism including Marxism and the Party,... more
FAQs about Introduction To Marx/Marxsim:How many episodes does Introduction To Marx/Marxsim have?The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.
October 13, 2020Marx’s vision of socialism:why Marx refused to draw up any detailed plan for a socialist society but saw socialism as a historical process created by the working class itself after the overthrow of capitalism...more11minPlay
October 13, 2020Dialecticshow dialectics is a theory of change through contradiction and how Marx took over this idea from Hegel and, interpreting it materialistically, made it a cornerstone of his underlying philosophy...more12minPlay
October 13, 2020Nationalism and Internationalismwhy Marx rejected nationalism and called on workers of the world to unite believing socialism could not be realised in one country alone, but also defended the right of oppressed nations to freedom....more11minPlay
October 13, 2020Marx’s theory of the State:explains how Marx rejected the dominant view of the state as neutral or above class, seeing it as fundamentally an instrument of rule by the dominant economic class, and the revolutionary political implications of this....more12minPlay
October 13, 2020The tendency of the rate of profit to declinedeals with why Marx believed that in the long run, the rate of profit would tend to fall and how this would make capitalism prone to recurring economic crises....more12minPlay
October 13, 2020The Labour Theory of Valueexplains Marx’s core economic doctrine that the value of commodities is determined by the labour-power embodied in them and how this underpins the exploitation of the working class....more12minPlay
October 13, 2020What is capitalism?This sets out what Marx saw as the main features of capitalism as it developed historically and his analysis of its central dynamic- the accumulation of capital....more11minPlay
October 13, 2020Historical Materialism, part 2argues against the interpretation of historical materialism as a theory of mechanical economic determinism and shows how Marx and Engels stressed that ideas and political organisation also play a vital part in shaping history....more12minPlay
October 13, 2020Historical Materialism, part 1outlines the basic ideas of Marx’s theory of history which sees history as driven primarily not by the deeds and ideas of ‘great men’ but by how the mass of ordinary people produce the necessities of life....more12minPlay
October 13, 2020The Revolutionary Role of the Working Classgoes further into why Marx considered the working class as the ‘gravedigger’ of capitalism and the class which would liberate humanity....more12minPlay
FAQs about Introduction To Marx/Marxsim:How many episodes does Introduction To Marx/Marxsim have?The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.