Understanding Dialectical Materialism: Marx's Philosophy of Change
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2024-05
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Karl Marx's Dialectical Materialism constitutes a philosophical framework that synthesizes Hegel's dialectical methodology with a materialist perspective of the world. Marx maintained that reality is composed of conflicting forces (thesis and antithesis), whose contestation leads to a higher understanding or a new state (synthesis). Unlike Hegel, who regarded this process as the development of ideas, Marx emphasized material conditions, asserting that economic and social contradictions propel historical progression. Society advances through class struggle, technological innovation, and transformations in production, with the aim of resolving these conflicts and fostering human development. For Marx, dialectical materialism served as an analytical tool to incite and understand revolutionary change, underscoring that alterations in material conditions influence consciousness and societal evolution society.
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' Understanding Dialectical Materialism: Marx's Philosophy of Change' This 50-minute podcast features Prof. Sandip Rahul discussing Karl Marx's Dialectical Materialism, which combines materialist philosophy with Hegel's dialectics. It explains how Marx used this approach to analyze societal change driven by conflict, contradiction, and shifting material conditions. Ideal for undergraduate political science students, the discussion covers the main concepts and their role in revolutionary transformation. Presented in Hindi.
- Duration: 50 minutes 40 seconds
- Created by: Prof. Sandip Rahul, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, S.S. Girls' College, Gondia, Maharashtra. May 2024.
- Format: MP4, recorded with Apple Memos app, in Hindi language.
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SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Political science
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Prof. Sandip Rahul. (2024, May). Understanding Dialectical Materialism: Marx's Philosophy of Change [Audio podcast, MP4, Hindi]. Department of Political Science, S.S. Girls' College, Gondia, Maharashtra