Teach Me Communism

Episode 32 - Socialism: Utopian and Scientific (Part One)

Dec 24, 2020

The podcast covers the topics of utopian socialism, dialectics, frustration with complex theory, Marx and Engels' work, means of production and productive forces, the failure of reason in the French Revolution, the Reign of Terror, critiques of bourgeois society, dialectics and its relation to socialism, and the difference between idealism and materialism.

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Discussion on a Poem and Introduction to 'Socialism: Utopian and Scientific'

Frustration with Complex Theory and Online Leftist Jargon

Engels and Marx: Marx's Work Made Accessible

Understanding Means of Production and Productive Forces

The Failure of Reason in the French Revolution

18:31 • 13min

The Reign of Terror and Criticizing Bourgeois Society

31:35 • 11min

Dialectics and its Relation to Socialism

42:47 • 13min

Idealism vs Materialism

55:24 • 15min