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The Fundamentals of Marxism: Dialectics, Historical Materialism, and Class Struggle

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The Superiority of Historical Materialism

Historical materialism can show us sort of the economic underbelly of what's happening there. Marxism can kind of explain the rise of fascism in Europe, right? Fascism looks like this incredible irrational thing that we all look back on and say, how could that have happened? Alison: Why is dialectics such an abstract concept so central for a grounded and materialist theory of history?

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