Dialectical Materialism and Politics
The concepts of ideology, economic determinism, and the class struggle complete the theoretical parts of Marx’s social philosophy.
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The Ethics of Teacher-Student Relationships
When I was starting out in my academic career, I was assigned a senior colleague as a mentor. This is not an unusual practice.
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The Importance of Collective Intelligence in a Sustainable Future
Why is this true? I take my support for this from Joseph Tainter’s argument in The Collapse of Complex Societies. For those who do not know, Tainter’s book tries to explain why complex historical civilisations collapsed.
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Understanding Nihilism: What if nothing matters?
Nihilism is a philosophy, or family of views within philosophy, expressing some form of negation towards life
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