Tag Archives: Karl Marx

Materialism (Vers 2.0, Part 1)

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Steven Yates

[Author’s note: this series of posts is a much-expanded and hopefully much-improved version of the series that began here, which is desirable to reprint lest it disappear from that site. The question that came to me was, Why not refurbish … Continue reading →

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Why Marx Now? Part 2

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Steven Yates

[Author’s Note: I received complaints that Part 1 was too long. “TLDR,” said one person: Too Long Didn’t Read. Part of me is saddened by this. I wonder if essayists such as Albert Jay Nock, or James T. Farrell, or … Continue reading →

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Why Marx Now? Part 1

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Steven Yates

Recent years have seen a surge of renewed interest in Karl Marx’s political-economic thought. For those not living in a cave somewhere, this has been hard to miss. This interest is not coming primarily from the “cultural Marxists” of academic … Continue reading →

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What Should Philosophy Do? (Part 1)

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Steven Yates

Inspiring this series of posts (I’m thinking there might again be three) is John Horgan’s series on “What Is Philosophy’s Point?” in Scientific American (five installments, here, here, here, here, and here). I should begin by saying that I am … Continue reading →

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