What is dialectical materialism and historical materialism?
Scientific socialism or Marxism is composed of three component parts: Dialectical Materialism, Historical Materialism and Marxist Economics. This pamphlet, the first in this series, is an introduction to the concepts of Dialectical Materialism – the method of Marxism.. Dialectical materialism is the philosophy of Marxism, which provides us with a scientific and comprehensive world outlook. It is the philosophical bedrock – the method – on which the whole of Marxist doctrine is founded.three forces of dialectics. 1.The determination of the concept out of itself [the thing itself must be considered in its relations and in its development]; 2.The contradictory nature of the thing itself (the other of itself), the contradictory forces and tendencies in each phenomenon; 3.The union of analysis and synthesis. HISTORICAL MATERIALISM Historical Materialism is the application of Marxist science to historical development.
