Category Archives: Marxism

Notes on “The German Ideology”

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Teo Ballvé

Marx is moving away from questions of rights and philosophy to the study of political economy and capitalism. The book has both a political and a philosophical dimension. First, Marx and Engels are railing against German Idealism’s view that consciousness … Continue reading →

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Imagined Communities

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Teo Ballvé

Anderson, Benedict. 2006 [1983]. Imagined Communities. London: Verso. Anderson is first and foremost trying to account for nationalism from a Marxist perspective, citing for instance the conundrum of internecine strife in the Marxist region of Indochina in the late 1970s. … Continue reading →

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Notes “On the Jewish Question”

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Teo Ballvé

We produce a religiosity in the state because of the divide between our position as individuals and community, civil society and politics, everyday reality and the otherworldliness of institutions that govern us. We bring religious consciousness to our existence, and … Continue reading →

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