Introducing Marxism Quotes

“The function of hegemony is to transform ideology into culture, into a "world view" that is seen as "normal" and "natural" by everyone from the controlling classes to the subordinate classes. Today, the major means of establishing the hegemony are the mass media.”
― Rupert Woodfin, Marxism: A Graphic Guide

“Money is the universal, self-constituted value of all things. Hence it has robbed the whole world, the human world as well as nature, of its proper value. Money is the alienated essence of man’s labour and life, and this alien essence dominates him as he worships”
― Rupert Woodfin, Introducing Marxism: A Graphic Guide

“Society must increasingly become polarized between a shrinking capitalist class and a massive proletariat that suffers worsening misery. A crisis point will arrive when this cannot continue and revolution must occur.”
― Rupert Woodfin, Introducing Marxism: A Graphic Guide

“Our ideas do not make the world, the world makes our ideas. Marx is therefore a materialist; Hegel, an idealist.”
― Rupert Woodfin, Introducing Marxism: A Graphic Guide

“The term “dialectic” has its origins in ancient Greece. It was seen as a special process of dialogue whereby opposing views or opinions could be reconciled with each other to establish the truth.”
― Rupert Woodfin, Introducing Marxism: A Graphic Guide

“Hegel claimed that reality was essentially reason and logic – “whatever is rational is real, and whatever is real is rational”.”
― Rupert Woodfin, Introducing Marxism: A Graphic Guide