insights INSIGHT Holism Is Central To The Project
- Holistic thinking is central to Marxist and dialectical leftist projects and appears repeatedly in their language and policy documents.
- The recurring 'whole' language (whole child, whole school, whole government) reflects that central worldview.
insights INSIGHT Parts Only Make Sense In The Whole
- Holism means parts are only intelligible in relation to the whole, including historical causes and future consequences.
- Hegelian/dialectical thought uses that whole-centered view to claim scientific comprehension of events.
insights INSIGHT Scientific History Justifies Totalizing Action
- Marx claimed a 'scientific' study of history that incorporates all causes, enabling totalizing political action.
- That scientific holism justifies seizing institutions to direct society toward an alleged historical end.
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Holistic thinking isn't just a feature of the weird New Age and spiritualists; it's also a centerpiece of Marxist thinking. For Marxists (like all Hegelians), the goal is to understand the parts in terms of the whole in which they are a part, and this is what's meant by "holistic" thinking. What Marx and Hegel mean by this form of dialectical thought is that they understand the whole, like the whole of History itself including its purpose, and you don't. Thus, they deserve all the power. This manifests in pushes for "whole child" education involving the "whole community" backed up by the "whole government" using "holistic methods" that transform "whole schools," for example. If you read their documentation on almost any subject, you'll find this peculiar "holism" all over the place. Join host James Lindsay in this episode of New Discourses Bullets where he pulls back the curtain on this seemingly strange phrasing and the diabolical concept behind it.
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