Ways of Contradiction
1. Dialectic as the movement of contradiction
In dialectical thought, definitions are often a problem. Definitions imply that terms have a
The Double Lives of South African Marxism
The implosion of South African Marxism
In April 1986, Paul Sweezy and Harry Magdoff (1986a) introduced a special issue of...
Third Worldism
Third Worldism and Internationalism
The theory and practice of socialist internationalism has gone through several transmutations since...
How Revolutionary Consciousness Develops
In commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of Trotsky—that is, in coming together from our varying backgrounds of...
Leninism and Democracy
The question of Leninism and democracy has been placed on the agenda today [in 1990] by events in Eastern Europe. The idea that Leninism...
Marxism, Hegel and the Philosophical Foundations of Social Revolution
Is Hegel really necessary? This is a question of which Hegel himself was acutely aware. Other philosophers before him, from Greek...