Driving Forward Is The Chief Characteristic Of

The Philosophy Of Praxis Does Not Aim At The Peaceful Resolution Of Existing Contradictions In History And Society, But Is The Very Theory Of These Contradictions. It Is Not The Instrument Of Government Of The Dominant Groups In Order To Gain The Consent And Exercise Hegemony Over The Subaltern Classes. It Is The Expression Of Subaltern Classes Who Want To Educate Themselves In The Art Of Government And Who Have An Interest In Knowing All Truths, Even The Unpleasant Ones, And In Avoiding The Impossible Deceptions Of The Upper Class, And Even More Their Own.

Pessimism Of The Spirit; Optimism Of The Will.

Is It Better To Work Out Consciously And Critically One's Own Conception Of The World And Thus, In Connection With The Labours Of One's Own Brain, Choose One's Sphere Of Activity, Take An Active Part In The Creation Of The History Of The World, Be One's Own Guide, Refusing To Accept Passively And Supinely From Outside The Moulding Of One' Own Personality?

Economy And Ideology. The Claim (presented As An Essential Postulate Of Historical Materialism) That Every Fluctuation Of Politics And Ideology Can Be Presented And Expounded As An Immediate Expression Of The Structure, Must Be Contested In Theory As Primitive Infantilism, And Combated In Practice With The Authentic Testimony Of Marx, The Author Of Concrete Political And Historical Works.

What Are The "maximum" Limits Of Acceptance Of The Term "intellectual"?