Philosophy
When Marx attempted to analyse world history through the lens of dialectical materialism, it was clear to him that the development of any given economic and social stratification would produce the seeds of its own destruction. Accordingly, he thought that when it came to capitalism, "what the bourgeoisie, therefore, produces, above all, is its own grave-diggers."
But even though Marx saw further into the structure, logic and nature of capitalism than almost anyone, and while he understood equally well its incredible intellectual resourcefulness and flexibility, he may have underestimated how capitalism would eventually identify the seeds of its own destruction and plant them for its own purposes, exploiting your personal sense of altruism and social responsibility to perpetuate its supremacy. Slavoj Zizek explains:
Capitalism creates the dilemma... you're the one that has to live it...
- Karl Marx
(1818-1883) ?The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he cannot of course create it,? says Karl Marx, but he was himself such a writer whose ideas have swayed the course of history. Karl Marx was a German philosopher,...
- Democracy, (oligarchy), Tyranny And The Economy
Kyler M. Robinson The tyrannical man in the United States can be found everywhere. It lives in all of us, our desires that drive us past reason and logic, relying on the craving and eros. The desires of the tyrannical man seemingly mix with the...
- Malcolm X - The Ballot Or The Bullet
Fifty years ago today, as he was preparing to deliver a speech to the Organization of Afro-American Unity in New York City, Malcolm X, the famous Muslim minister and human rights activist who made a name for himself in the struggle against social, racial,...
- Slavoj ?i?ek - On Ideology
One of the more interesting lessons Hegel's dialectical method has contributed to our understanding of ideas is that ideas carry within them the seeds of their own internal contradictions, and that out of this tension of thesis and antithesis grows...
- David Harvey - The Crises Of Capitalism
The recent financial crisis has affected just about everyone, and the question of why it arose in the first place is one that comes naturally to mind. Answers, of course, abound, and most of them do have some merit, but there is something which most schools...
Philosophy
Slavoj Zizek - First as Tragedy, Then as Farce
But even though Marx saw further into the structure, logic and nature of capitalism than almost anyone, and while he understood equally well its incredible intellectual resourcefulness and flexibility, he may have underestimated how capitalism would eventually identify the seeds of its own destruction and plant them for its own purposes, exploiting your personal sense of altruism and social responsibility to perpetuate its supremacy. Slavoj Zizek explains:
Capitalism creates the dilemma... you're the one that has to live it...
- Karl Marx
(1818-1883) ?The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he cannot of course create it,? says Karl Marx, but he was himself such a writer whose ideas have swayed the course of history. Karl Marx was a German philosopher,...
- Democracy, (oligarchy), Tyranny And The Economy
Kyler M. Robinson The tyrannical man in the United States can be found everywhere. It lives in all of us, our desires that drive us past reason and logic, relying on the craving and eros. The desires of the tyrannical man seemingly mix with the...
- Malcolm X - The Ballot Or The Bullet
Fifty years ago today, as he was preparing to deliver a speech to the Organization of Afro-American Unity in New York City, Malcolm X, the famous Muslim minister and human rights activist who made a name for himself in the struggle against social, racial,...
- Slavoj ?i?ek - On Ideology
One of the more interesting lessons Hegel's dialectical method has contributed to our understanding of ideas is that ideas carry within them the seeds of their own internal contradictions, and that out of this tension of thesis and antithesis grows...
- David Harvey - The Crises Of Capitalism
The recent financial crisis has affected just about everyone, and the question of why it arose in the first place is one that comes naturally to mind. Answers, of course, abound, and most of them do have some merit, but there is something which most schools...