Category: History
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The Idealist Critique of Idealism- Marx-Ambedkar-Periyar
The Young Hegelian Trap: Understanding the Philosophical Limitations of Contemporary Ambedkarite and Periyarist Movements The fundamental limitation that Marx and Engels identified in the Young Hegelians provides a precise theoretical framework for understanding both the historical role and contemporary stagnation of Ambedkarite and Periyarist movements in India. This parallel is not merely analogical but structural:…
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Air, Water, Gold, Aluminium, Silver, Diamonds, and AI: LTV
Air, Water, Gold, Aluminium, Silver, Diamonds, and AI: LTV In a commodity-producing society, value does not arise from the intrinsic properties of things, nor from their scarcity, nor from their usefulness. Value is determined solely by the socially necessary labour time (SNLT) required to produce or reproduce a commodity under normal conditions of production. Shifts…
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Theory of Force and Imperialism
I. Engels on Dühring’s Theory of Force and Its Rebuttal In the three chapters on the theory of force in Anti-Dühring, Engels takes up Dühring’s claim that political and military force is the primary determinant of social and economic relations. Dühring treats force as an autonomous historical power, capable of shaping economic life from the outside.…