Political Science · Political Theory
Dialectical materialism of Karl Marx postulates that: Identify the correct answer from the codes given below:
- 1. Matter is in a state of motion.
- 2. Motion in matter is due to the pressure of the environment.
- 3. The law of transformation is both quantitative and qualitative.
- 4. Conflict in matter is continuous and endless.
A1, 2 and 4 ✓ Correct
B1 and 3
C2 and 4
D3 and 4
Correct answer: (A) 1, 2 and 4 — Statements 1, 2 and 4 are postulated, so the answer is 1, 2 and 4.
Explanation
★Statements 1, 2 and 4 are postulated, so the answer is 1, 2 and 4.
★Dialectical materialism holds that the whole of nature is matter in constant motion, change and development.
★This motion is not self-caused alone but is driven by the pressure of surrounding conditions and the environment.
★Within matter there is a ceaseless, endless conflict of opposites that propels all change forward.
★The clash of thesis and antithesis, resolved in a higher synthesis, is the dialectical engine of this process.
★Applied to society, this becomes historical materialism, where class conflict drives historical change.
★The base, the mode of production, thus shapes the legal, political and ideological superstructure of every age.
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