1848+: Last and First Men

One of the components of Marxism that led to much of its later confusion can be seen in Marx’s rejection of ethical idealism, a strain of Marx’s thinking that is too often disguised and unaddressed, and which invariably takes its idealistic fans by surprise, if it enters consciousness at all.
The grounds for all of this, [...]

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A new book on Intelligent Design, from Monthly Review

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One of the enduring confusions of the left has been the relationship of Marx and Darwin. This is partly the result of Engels’ views which were not quite concordant with those of Marx. Engels’ somewhat eclectic writings proceed on the one hand toward a distinctly post-Hegelian version of materialism and dialectics, and yet on the [...]

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This is a selection from an essay in The Hegel Myths And Legends, and gives some background on the ‘end of history’ mythology current in neo-liberal circles.  (scanned text, not always adequate: check out the text)
The End Of History And The Return Of History
Philip Grier

Through the summer and fall of 1989, Hegel scholars in [...]

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A selection from World History And The Eonic Effect:
A first attempt to answer Kant’s Challenge lies in Hegel (and the other post-Kantians), and his grand philosophic effort whose appearance, timing, and unfolding is itself ‘eonically significant’, and almost spectacular, but our viewpoint is different, springing directly from Kant. A simple systems model has yielded a [...]

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