Leftist Reading: The Worldview and Philosophical Methodology of Marxism-Leninism Part 2

Leftist Reading

Episode 137:

This week we’re continuing with:
The Worldview and Philosophical Methodology of Marxism-Leninism
Written for the Vietnamese curriculum and translated by Luna Nguyen
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[Part 1]
Introduction to the Basic Principles of Marxism
I. Brief History of Marxism-Leninism
1. Marxism and the Three Constituent Parts
2. Summary of the Birth and Development of Marxism-Leninism

[Part 2 - This Week]
-Theoretical Premises
Annotation 6: 1:05 - 1:38
Annotation 7: 1:57 - 2:25
Annotation 8: 2:30 - 7:18
Annotation 9: 7:28 - 9:54
Annotation 10: 10:07 - 18:11
Annotation 12: 18:53 - 25:12
Annotation 13: 26:10 - 30:13
Annotation 14: 30:28 - 36:07
Annotation 15: 36:21 - 36:35
Annotation 16: 36:54 - 37:13
Annotation 17: 38:19 - 42:32
-Natural Science Premises - 42:50
Annotation 18: 43:08 - 43:16
Annotation 19: 44:14 - 49:02
Annotation 20: 49:26 - 50:27

[Part 3 - 5]
I. Brief History of Marxism-Leninism

[Part 6]
II. Objects, Purposes and Requirements for Studying the Basic Principles of Marxism-Leninism

[Part 7 - 12?]
Part I: The Worldview and Philosophical Methodology of Marxism-Leninism
Chapter 1: Dialectical Materialism

[Part 13 - 25?]
Chapter 2: Materialist Dialectics

[Part 26 - 30?]
Chapter 3: Cognitive Theory of Dialectical Materialism

Footnotes:

5) 1:45
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, 1770 - 1831 (German): Philosophy professor, an objective idealistic philosopher - representative of German classical philosophy.

6) 1:48
Ludwig Feuerbach, 1804 - 1872 (German): Philosophy professor, materialist philosopher.

7) 24:35
The Holy Family is a book co-written by Marx and Engels which critiqued the Young Hegelians, including Feuerbach.

8) 25:20
Adam Smith, 1723 - 1790 (British): Logic professor, moral philosophy professor, economist.

9) 25:23
David Ricardo, 1772 - 1823 (British): Economist.

10) 37:23
Claude Henri de Rouvroy Saint Simon, 1760 - 1825 (French): Philosopher, economist, utopianist activist.

11) 37:28
Charles Fourier, 1772 - 1837 (French): Philosopher, economist, utopianist activist.

12) 37:32
Robert Owen, 1771 - 1858 (British): Utopianist activist, owner of a cotton factory.

13) 38:05
The Law of Development of Capitalism referenced here is the Theory of Accumulation/Surplus Value, which holds that the capitalist class gains wealth by accumulating surplus value (i.e., profits) and then reinvesting it into more capital to gain even further wealth; thus the goal of the capitalist class is to accumulate more and more surplus value which leads to the development of capitalism. Over time, this deepens the contradictions of capitalism. This concept is related to the M→C→M mode of circulation, discussed in Annotation 14, and is discussed in detail in Part 3 of the book this text is drawn from (Political Economy) which we hope to translate in the future.