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dialectical
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It is impossible to conceive of dialectical materialism without atheism, and it is this which underlies Marxism as an ideology.
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Marx's philosophy of history is dialectical materialism .
historical
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For by far the greater part, the aesthetic is bracketed in the name of a robust historical materialism .
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None the less, three views consistent with historical materialism can be found in diverse works by Marx and Engels.
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In this respect Bukharin's grasp and use of historical materialism was superior to that of Preobrazhensky.
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In this basic sense both historical materialism and Marxist political economy are undeniably structuralist.
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But a tame aesthetic is no friend of historical materialism .
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Implicit in this historical materialism is a view of man and an explanation of the human condition.
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An unpredictable aesthetic, it could be said, is a requirement of an historical materialism adequate to its political task.
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As such, it competes with other metaphysical theories like materialism .
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Graham also encouraged people to turn away from materialism and instead focus on what he said really matters: the spiritual.
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His main target was vanity, and how materialism has put a brake on the human race.
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In all these respects, materialism functions just like theism, as one competing metaphysical scheme amongst others.
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In these lovely days, still unspoilt by materialism and television, there was always a singer.
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Our high desires for spiritual reality are transmuted into the sordid quest for consumerism and materialism .
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This criticism of materialism is seen in all his teaching.
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What a challenge to a life that is caught in the whirlpool of materialism !