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Can someone explain dialectical and historical materialism to me? (lemmygrad.ml)
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I read the entire book Joe wrote but I'm not sure I'm fully understanding it

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[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

dialectics -> things as a process

materialism -> conformity to law

3 books on this are:

  • utopian and scientific socialism by Engels
  • the development of the monist view on history by Plekhanov
  • dialectical and historical materialism by Stalin