Marx encountered Buddhism through the work of his close friend Karl Koppen – an early European expert upon Early Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism.
Tag: historical materialism
Marx: Why Historical Necessity is Defined as Historical Materialism
‘Fundamentally, history is just the development of practical activity of man in time. So, Marx argues: “As soon as this active life-process is described, history ceases to be a collection of dead facts as it is with the empiricists (themselves still abstract), or an imagined activity of imagined subjects, as with idealists.” On the premise of this, historical materialism establishes the scientific idea of historical necessity.’
On Being a Communist
I am reminded of Bertrand Russell’s now classic text (delivered as a speech at a relatively small meeting in South London) entitled ‘On Why I
Dismissing the False Narrative of Communist Atrocity
There must be clear dialectical thinking as to the foundation of this essay. We must think clearly, but at no time do we meet the
How Karl Marx Turned Old European Philosophers to Ashes!
Reading the old European philosophers – usually from Descartes onwards – is an interesting activity but is like sieving through the cold ashes of thought
SCRSS: Lenin: Leader of the Russian Revolution Exhibition (6.10.2018)
Society for Co-operation in Russian and Soviet Studies (SCRSS) Communist Party International Bolshevik (UK) Sutton Communists – ML (SouthWest) London We had been looking forward
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 