The ghost of theory - Jaime Semprun In one of his last essays, a deeply pessimistic Jaime Semprun proclaims the death of "radical theory" and recommends "a good handbook on…
Joseph Dietzgen - Radical Chains The historic split between anarchism and socialism has had a debilitating effect on the workers movement, and Joseph Dietzgen was one of those…
Back to Bax - Radical Chains Belfort Bax belonged to the first generation of British Marxists. He was the philosopher who introduced William Morris to dialectics. From…
Historical materialism - An anti-revolutionary theory of revolution Junge Linke criticises the Marxist-Leninist concept of Historical Materialism.
The Political Theory of Constitutive Lack: A Critique - Andrew Robinson A critique of Lacanian theory and its associated politics
Philosophy - further reading guide libcom's guide to further reading on philosophy, materialism and dialectics.
Society and mind in Marxian philosophy - Anton Pannekoek Anton Pannekoek on materialism, Marxism and the relation of the individual to society in modern capitalism.
Sex, Jealousy & Violence: A Skeptical Look at Evolutionary Psychology Philosopher David Buller tackles the evidential claims of primary exponents of Evolutionary…
Against "Sociobiology" A letter from Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Lewontin and members of the Sociobiology Study Group outlining criticisms of, and objections to, EO…
Evolution: The Pleasures of Pluralism Debate In the second part of his critique of 'ultra Darwinism', Gould tackles the methodology of evolutionary psychology while defending the idea that…
Darwinian Fundamentalism Paleontologist and science writer Stephen Jay Gould tackles 'ultra-Darwinism' in the first part of his response to Daniel C. Dennett's 'Darwin's…