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

Episode 137:This week we’re continuing with:The Worldview and Philosophical Methodology of Marxism-LeninismWritten for the Vietnamese curriculum and translated by Luna NguyenYou can purchase a copy and support translation of the further curriculum here:https://www.banyanhouse.org/product/ebook-the-worldview-and-philosophical-methodology-of-marxism-leninism[Part 1]Introduction to the Basic Principles of MarxismI. 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 PremisesAnnotation 6: 1:05 - 1:38Annotation 7: 1:57 - 2:25Annotation 8: 2:30 - 7:18Annotation 9: 7:28 - 9:54Annotation 10: 10:07 - 18:11Annotation 12: 18:53 - 25:12Annotation 13: 26:10 - 30:13Annotation 14: 30:28 - 36:07Annotation 15: 36:21 - 36:35Annotation 16: 36:54 - 37:13Annotation 17: 38:19 - 42:32-Natural Science Premises - 42:50Annotation 18: 43:08 - 43:16Annotation 19: 44:14 - 49:02Annotation 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-LeninismChapter 1: Dialectical Materialism[Part 13 - 25?]Chapter 2: Materialist Dialectics[Part 26 - 30?]Chapter 3: Cognitive Theory of Dialectical MaterialismFootnotes:5) 1:45 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, 1770 - 1831 (German): Philosophy professor, an objective idealistic philosopher - representative of German classical philosophy.6) 1:48Ludwig Feuerbach, 1804 - 1872 (German): Philosophy professor, materialist philosopher.7) 24:35The Holy Family is a book co-written by Marx and Engels which critiqued the Young Hegelians, including Feuerbach.8) 25:20Adam Smith, 1723 - 1790 (British): Logic professor, moral philosophy professor, economist.9) 25:23David Ricardo, 1772 - 1823 (British): Economist.10) 37:23Claude Henri de Rouvroy Saint Simon, 1760 - 1825 (French): Philosopher, economist, utopianist activist.11) 37:28Charles Fourier, 1772 - 1837 (French): Philosopher, economist, utopianist activist.12) 37:32Robert Owen, 1771 - 1858 (British): Utopianist activist, owner of a cotton factory.13) 38:05The 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.