For decades, Marxism and the socialist tradition more generally — of which Marxism is just apart — were associated with a doctrine known as materialism. But in the recent past, this approach has ...

A great shortcoming of the form in which the discussion of crises took place hitherto, especially m the circles of the left and far-left wings of the workers movement, was to be found in their search ...

Marx is famous as a social theorist. that is, as one who adopts ‘society’ as an object of theoretical reflection. The aim of the present piece is to argue that he is neither a social theorist, nor ...

This paper examines the resurgence of interest in the interpretation of quantum theory which occurred in the late 1940s and 1950s, and seeks to uncover its political origins in a perceived clash ...

This is the conclusion of a three-part series comprising a lecture by WSWS correspondent Chris Talbot to meetings of the International Students for Social Equality in Britain. Part 1 was posted on ...

That the National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods, of which he is president, must “combat the corrosive, brutal theory of materialism” in America, was suggested by Roger W. Straus at Sunday night’s ...

This review essay engages Manuel Vásquez's new book, More than Belief: A Materialist Theory of Religion, from the perspective of Latin American religious practice and thought. Vásquez's materialist ...