I’m not an academic, so my understanding of the details of Marxist theory are shaky. Still, I wonder if the concepts of base and superstructure might be useful in making the case for the priority I ...

“One basis for life and another basis for science is an a-priori lie” — Karl Marx, Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts, 1845. Base-superstructure theory is Marx’s most general theory, but is long ...

When it comes to figuring out the most influential socio-political theorists, Gramsci undoubtedly is one of them “Today, no Marxist thinker, after the classical epoch, is so universally respected in ...

Paul Holden’s book, The Fraud, exposes a hidden war inside Labour, where claims of anti-semitism, amplified by media power and factional networks, were used to break Corbynism and recast the party.

Often we get a picture of Marx where the base determines the superstructure. While the base certainly affords and constrains the superstructure, things are far more complex than this. Each of these ...

This is the centenary year of Althusser, a leading the oritition among communist intellectuals of Europe The bicentenary of Karl Marx in 2018 has overshadowed another important event this year i.e.

It is not surprising that the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx, May 5, has gone past without much ado. (Wikipedia) It is not surprising that the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx, May 5, has gone past ...