Classical Marxism

We study Marxism because the universe, from the atomic to the cosmic, is not an unordered timeline of matter. There are laws of motion, capricious singularities and gravitational relations that bind the realm of humanity within the structure of nature. Marxism is the method of analyzing the complex relations between natural and social structures and the individuals contained within them. The great American critic, Fredric Jameson, held Marxism to be the “untranscendable horizon” and “the only practice capable of comprehending the narratives by which we make sense of the world.” By placing freedom on the plane of concrete material existence, Marxism not only interprets human behaviour, but subsumes the canon of religious and political ideology. It does not teach what to think, but how.

This series of short articles offers a basic introduction for the workers, students or curious minds who find it. Links to classical Marxist essays and book chapters can be found at the end of each article for anyone wishing to advance their inquiry beyond the basic.

It is intended to be read in sequence: Dialectics–Historical Materialism–Capitalism–Class Conflict–Value–Ecology–Alienation–Siege Socialism–Revolution.