For Gramsci the intellectual is not an autonomous social position. Instead the intellectual must be seen based on the nature of her/his finite social relations. This view allows one to see that there is no such thing as a non-intellectual since all beings must excerpt some intellectual capacity in the course of their daily... More..

Bruno Bauer Bruno Bauer is often identified among the left Hegelians', he was instrumental in the education of Karl Marx in the Hegelian system. He was a radical philosopher and found in Hegel the foundation for his radical philosophy. This is best illustrated in one of Bauer's 1841 texts, The Trumpet of the Last Judgment ... More..

The Communist Manifesto was written with the intention of inciting revolution throughout Europe and inevitably the world. This masterful piece of literature serves to polarize society leaving only two camps, the proletariat and the bourgeoisie. Marx attempts to do this by reconciling issues that workers may have with the comm... More..

Introduction In the context of America's "War on Terror" there has been a tremendous amount of literature produced which attempts to explain the causes and appropriate responses to deal with the threat of international terrorism. For the most part these articles and books have been so incredibly soaked in personal and cul... More..

The first volume of Capital offers an intricate explanation of Marx's conception of capitalist reality. In his account Marx is able to describe not only the way society and markets are organized but how this method of organization is exploited by the capitalists to sustain their hunger for accumulation. In this process, where... More..

Lenin's Russia was is not in the tradition of Marx's manifesto. To begin with Marx was in staunch opposition positivist philosophies, in fact there was an entire section of the manifesto which attacked french positivist socialists. Marx, staying true to the Hegelian tradition believed that it was not the role of critical phil... More..

I have many friends living in Iraq at this moment. They do not kid themselves and neither should we. The near future in Iraq does not look bright. We are witnessing a level of sectarian violence and a resulted partitioning of the country that is truly disparaging to anyone who wishes for peace. Throughout the country indiv... More..