Join us as we study Dialectical Materialism, the philosophy of Marxist-Leninists, something we should be especially familiar with and applying at all times in our life as we see and experience the world around us.
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Literature Used in the Class:
Marxism and Modern Idealism by John Lewis
Dialectical and Historical Materialism by Joseph Stalin
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On Practice by Mao Zedong
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:40 Hegel's Idealistic Dialectic, and Marx and Engels' Contribution
2:40 Refutation of Mechanistic Materialism and Idealism
8:40 The Creation of Dialectical Materialism
9:30 Q&A 1
11:30 Why is Dialectical Materialism So Hard to Understand?
14:30 Tree Falling in the Forest Analogy
18:30 Show, Don't Tell
22:10 Dialectical and Historical Materialism by Joseph Stalin
23:40 That Which is Arising and Developing is Invincible
26:50 Internal and External Contradictions
29:50 Q&A 2
32:00 Dialectical Materialism is a Higher Form of Science
39:30 Nature is Objective, Our Perception is Subjective
41:30 On Practice by Mao Zedong
42:30 Practice is Necessary to Know the Truth of a Situation
45:20 Learn by Doing
46:30 Q&A 3
49:40 Arguments Aren't Worth It
53:20 Examples of Dialectical Relationships
1:04:00 Internal and External Contradictions in the Communist Movement
1:06:50 Teaching Dialectical Materialism in the Soviet Union
1:09:00 Conclusion
