The Poverty of Philosophy

Main Ideas

• Critique of Proudhon and his economic theories, especially in the context of dialectical materialism.
• Analysis of the contradictions within the capitalist system and its internal conflicts.
• Justification of historical materialism as a method for analyzing social and economic processes.
• The idea that economic relations determine social structures and political institutions.
• Critique of utopian socialism and defense of scientific socialism.
• The role of class struggle as the driving force of historical development.