Historical Materialism And Contradiction In Capitalism

Using an historical approach to understand capitalism can be confusing and paradoxical. More so to comprehend the contemporary social structures, it is significant to contemplate how materialism was historically understood and applied. The method of production and trade characterize the current social order. In the excerpt from Anti-Dühring entitled “Theoretical” Engels takes an historical materialist approach, in which Fredrick Engels discuses materialism and the idea of contradictions in capitalism. This paper will go into further discussion about materialism and contradiction in capitalism and conflicts that arise from capitalist mode of production.
Karl Marx theorized historical materialism; historical materialism comes from a fundamental