Red Menace

Dialectics of Nature: Engels on Dialectical Materialism as a Worldview

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May 29, 2025
Dive into the intriguing world of dialectical materialism as Engels applies it to the natural sciences. Discover how historical and contemporary movements shape societal transformations, and the role of labor in evolving human consciousness. Delve into the connections between Darwinian evolution and dialectics, and explore the urgent call for eco-socialism in today’s climate crisis. The conversation reveals our responsibility as self-aware beings while grappling with the philosophical implications of existence and interconnectedness.
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Nature Is Historical and Evolving

  • Dialectical materialism shows nature is historical and evolving, not static.
  • It bridges science and philosophy, revealing real motion and development in all domains.
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Nature Drives Itself Forward

  • Nature unfolds through constant contradiction and motion, with no need for supernatural forces.
  • Humans are nature becoming conscious and self-aware through materialist processes.
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Opposites Drive Change

  • The unity and struggle of opposites drive motion and life in nature and society.
  • Social change, such as revolutions, arises from contradictions within opposing classes.
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