The Worldview and Philosophical Methodology of Marxism-Leninism : Curriculum of the Basic Principles of Marxism-Leninism Part 1, Volume 1: Curriculum of the Basic Principles of Marxism-Leninism Part 1

By Nguyen, Luna

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Reproduction Date: 03/12/2023

Title:	The Worldview and Philosophical Methodology of Marxism-Leninism : Curriculum of the Basic Principles of Marxism-Leninism Part 1, Volume 1: Curriculum of the Basic Principles of Marxism-Leninism Part 1
Author:	Nguyen, Luna
Volume:	Volume 1
Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Political Science, Dialectical Materialism
Collections:	Authors Community, Politics
Historic Publication Date:	2023
Publisher:	Banyan House

Member Page:	Emerican Johnson
Citation APA MLA Chicago Johnsonitor, E., Ed. (2023). The Worldview and Philosophical Methodology of Marxism-Leninism : Curriculum of the Basic Principles of Marxism-Leninism Part 1, Volume 1. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
"In order to build socialism, first and foremost, we need to have socialist people who understand socialist ideology and have socialist values." These are the immortal words of Ho Chi Minh, who helped guide Vietnam through decades of revolution against French colonialism, Japanese fascism, and American imperialism. These words reverberate today in the classrooms of Vietnamese high schools and colleges, where students are required to study a full curriculum of socialist theory rooted in the foundational works of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, and Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. Now, for the first time, the materials used to train Vietnamese students in the core ideological system of dialectical materialism and materialist dialectics is available to the English speaking world through Luna Nguyen's groundbreaking translation of Curriculum of the Basic Principles of Marxism-Leninism, Part 1: The Worldview and Philosophical Methodology of Marxism-Leninism for University and College Students Not Specializing in Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh Thought.

Summary
This text, originally produced by Vietnam's Ministry of Education and Training for use in universities, provides a brief history of Marxism-Leninism as well as thorough explanations of the principles and laws of dialectical materialism, materialist dialectics, and the cognitive theory of dialectical materialism. The first English edition is brought to you by Banyan House Publishing in collaboration with Iskra Books and The International Magazine. We have done our best to deliver a textbook which is highly optimized for collective training as well as self-study and for use as a companion piece for further reading. The book includes an original glossary, appendices, and illustrations and annotations by Emerican Johnson as well as a foreword by Dr. Vijay Prashad and introduction by Dr. Taimur Rahman.

Excerpt
Marxism-Leninism is a system of scientific opinions and theories which were built by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, and defended and developed by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. Marxism-Leninism was formed and developed by interpreting reality as well as building on preceding ideas. It provides the fundamental worldview and methodology of scientific awareness and revolutionary practice. It is a science that concerns the work of liberating the proletariat from all exploitative regimes with the ambition of liberating all of humanity from all forms of oppression. Marxism-Leninism is made up of three basic theories which have strong relationships with each other. They are: Philosophy of Marxism-Leninism, Marxist-Leninist Political Economics, and Scientific Socialism. Philosophy of Marxism-Leninism studies the basic principles of the movement and development of nature, society and human thought. It provides the fundamental worldview and methodology of scientific awareness and revolutionary practice. Based on this philosophical worldview and methodology, Marxist-Leninist Political Economics studies the economic rules of society, especially the economic rules of the birth, development, and decay of the capitalist mode of production, as well as the birth and development of a new mode of production: the communist mode of production. Scientific Socialism is the inevitable result of applying the philosophical worldview and methodology of Marxism-Leninism, as well as Marxist-Leninist Political Economics, to reveal the objective rules of the socialist revolution process: the historical step from capitalism into socialism, and then communism.

Table of Contents
Introduction to The Basic Principles of Marxism-Leninism I. Brief History of Marxism Leninism Marxism and the Three Constituent Parts: 1 Summary of the Birth and Development of Marxism-Leninism: 2 II. Objects, Purposes, and Requirements for Studying the Basic Principles of Marxism-Leninism Objects and Purposes of Study: 38 Some Basic Requirements of the Studying Method: 40 Excerpt from Modifying the Working Style: 47 Chapter I: Dialectical Materialism I. Materialism and Dialectical Materialism The Opposition of Materialism and Idealism in Solving Basic Philosophical Issues: 48 Dialectical Materialism - the Most Advanced Form of Materialism: 52 II. Dialectical Materialist Opinions About Matter, Consciousness, and the Relationship Between Matter and Consciousness Matter: 53 Consciousness: 64 The Relationship Between Matter and Consciousness: 88 Meaning of the Methodology: 92 Chapter 2: Materialist Dialectics I. Dialectics and Materialist Dialectics Dialectics and Basic Forms of Dialectics: 98 Materialist Dialectics: 104 II. Basic Principles of Materialist Dialectics The Principle of General Relationships: 107 Principle of Development: 119 III. Basic Pairs of Categories of Materialist Dialectics Private and Common: 128 Reason and Result: 138 Obviousness and Randomness: 144 Content and Form: 147 Essence and Phenomenon: 156 Possibility and Reality: 160 IV. Basic Laws of Materialist Dialectics Law of Transformation Between Quantity and Quality: 163 Law of Unification and Contradiction Between Opposites: 175 Law of Negation of Negation: 185 Chapter 3: Cognitive Theory of Dialectical Materialism Praxis, Consciousness, and the Role of Praxis in Consciousness: 204 Dialectical Path of Consciousness to Truth: 219 Afterword: 239 Appendices Appendix A: Basic Pairs of Categories Used in Materialist Dialectics: 246 Appendix B: The Two Basic Principles of Dialectical Materialism: 247 Appendix C: The Three Universal Laws of Materialist Dialectics: 248 Appendix D: Forms of Consciousness and Knowledge: 249 Appendix E: Properties of Truth: 251 Appendix F: Common Deviations from Dialectical Materialism: 252 Glossary and Index: 254