[Marxism] Marxist theory of social change

2015-11-17 Thread Philip Ferguson via Marxism
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Every argument or action aimed at changing the world implies a theory of
social change. And yet, mostly, we are unconscious of these theories. As a
result, we risk incoherence, or at worst, reproducing approaches that
uncritically reflect the logic of our social system. This is entirely
unnecessary. Marx’s work, as well as the work of later Marxists, including
Lenin, Lukács and Gramsci, gives us a set of theoretical resources more
than adequate to understanding the process of social change and orienting
activism. This article will seek to outline one approach to this theory,
beginning with a few rival theories of change, passing to a critique of
capitalism, including a discussion of history and ending in an argument
about the dynamics of revolution.

*Rival theories of social change*

Perhaps the most common theory of social change is. . .

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[Marxism] Marxist theory of social change

2014-12-02 Thread Philip Ferguson via Marxism
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This article has been getting lots of hits on Redline, but it would be good
if people reading it left comments about it.

http://rdln.wordpress.com/2014/12/02/the-marxist-theory-of-social-change/

Phil
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