Philosophy

The philosophy of Marxism covering dialectics and historical materialism

American conservatives contemplating ‘soft’ fascism

Some American conservatives seem to be toying with the ‘soft’ fascism of Portuguese dictator Antonio Salazar

Bashar Assad clung to power in Syria after the Arab Spring with help from Russia and from western useful idiots on social media

Trans Marxism has built on Social Reproduction Theory arguing it explains transgender oppression under capitalism

Queer Theory has exercised a huge influence on the discourse around sexuality but does it have anything in common with Marxism?

Identity politics has a problem with intersectionality and encourages accusations of erasure by different groups

Identity politics led to the attack on transgender rights by Second Wave feminists but how did this happen?

Marxism has its own account for how humans evolved so how does it match up to Darwin’s theory of evolution and are they compatible?

Dialectical materialism is an element of Marxist theory that scares many people but it’s really not that difficult to understand

Communism and Islam moved closer together in the former Russian empire in the period after 1917 but the alliance didn’t last

Are Islamism and Marxism reconcilable or are they aiming for very different and contradictory outcomes? Tony McMahon investigates