Encyclopedia > Dialectical materialism

Article Content

Dialectical materialism

The philosophical basis of Marxism is dialectical materialism, an outgrowth of Hegel's dialectics. It uses the concepts of thesis, antithesis and synthesis to explain the growth and development of human history.

See: historical materialism, Marxism

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

U.S. presidential election, 1804

... CandidateElectoral Vote Party Running Mate(Electoral Votes) Thomas Jefferson (W) 162 Democratic-Republican George Clinton (162) Charles C. ...