Dialectical Materialism: Change, Contradiction, and Interconnection
Channel: Center for Popular Economics
Date: 2022-05-10

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Summary:

Dialectical materialism is one of the most foundational and unique elements of Marxism. In this video, we discuss three of the most important concepts: change, contradiction, and the interconnectedness of reality. Dialectics is a methodology that sees things as being in motion, and identifies how and why things change. It identifies contradiction as the catalyst to change-- a unity of forces that are pulling in opposite directions, and which will ultimately give rise to a synthesis that can either lead to qualitative social transformation, but which can also result in crises and destabilization, depending on the relative strength of those contradictory forces. Furthermore, dialectics rejects an atomistic or individualistic approach to society by seeing phenomena and categories as being interconnected and having fluid boundaries. 

Because it is a theory of change, and especially social change, dialectics has revolutionary implications, and the exploration or theorizing about other possible worlds is integral to the methodology. By using the concepts of flow, motion, and contradiction, we can identify areas of structural vulnerability where systems are liable to disruption and change, and can see how the social relations that define fundamental aspects of our economy are constructs that can be torn down and replaced with new ones that better serve our interests.

Watch our first video on dialectics here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKaI4BWDh6g

Chapters (Timestamps):
00:32  Change is Universal
5:08  Contradiction
11:01  Interrelatedness of Reality 
14:05 Conclusion: The Revolutionary Implications of Dialectics 

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