There seems to be two general currents in Marxism, one current proceeds from the form of Marx's critique, the other from the motion underlying the critique. By "motion" I am referring to the movement of thinking, the very way in which thought thinks, independent of its particular expression as any given form of thought. A …
The Material and the Ideal are Mutually Implicated
Critical materialism seems to have an ideal: the real apprehension of existence in terms of causes and conditions, rather than in terms of concepts and ideas. But there's an extent to which some self-professed "materialists" only proceed with their investigations of reality through a kind of fetish for materialism, which makes them ignorant as to …
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Form, Content, Expression
Form constitutes the shape of any given entity, along with the various elements or properties by which the shape is composed. It can be analysed in terms of part-to-whole relations, where the form can be divisible into a multitude of parts as well as being apprehended as a whole. It is what gives something its …