| 13 | PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION |
| 15 | THE MARXIST-LENINIST WORLD OUTLOOK • Introductory Remarks |
| PART ONE | |
| THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE MARXIST-LENINIST WORLD OUTLOOK | |
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| 21 | [introduction.] |
| 21 | 1. The Development of Progressive Materialist Science in Struggle Against Reaction and Ignorance |
| 23 | 2. Materialism and Idealism |
| 29 | 3. The Philosophical Concept of Matter |
| 31 | 4. Universal Forms of the Existence of the Material World |
| 36 | 5. Consciousness—a Property of Matter Organised in a Special Way |
| 40 | 6. Opponents of Philosophical Materialism |
| 46 | 7. Contemporary Bourgeois Philosophy |
| 56 | 8. Towards a Scientific World Outlook |
| CHAPTER 2 • MATERIALIST DIALECTICS | |
| 59 | [introduction.] |
| 62 | 1. The Universal Connection of Phenomena |
| 70 | 2. Quantitative and Qualitative Change in Nature and Society |
| 76 | 3. Division into Opposites Is the Chief Source of Development |
| 83 | 4. Dialectical Development from the Lower to the Higher |
| 87 | 5. Dialectics as a Method of Cognition and Transformation of the World |
| CHAPTER 3 • THE THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE | |
| 91 | [introduction.] |
| 91 | 1. Practice Is the Basis and Purpose of Cognition |
| 95 | 2. Knowledge Is the Reflection of the Objective World |
| 98 | 3. The Theory of Truth |
| 109 | 4. Practice Is the Criterion of Truth |
| 114 | 5. Necessity and Human Freedom |
| PART TWO | |
| THE MATERIALIST CONCEPTION OF HISTORY | |
| CHAPTER 4 • THE ESSENCE OF HISTORICAL MATERIALISM | |
| 116 | 1. A Revolutionary Upheaval in Man’s View of Society |
| 118 | 2. The Mode of Production as the Material Basis of the Life of Society |
| 123 | 3. Basis and Superstructure |
| 125 | 4. History as the Development and Change of Socio-Economic Formations |
| 134 | 5. Laws of History and Man’s Conscious Activity |
| 141 | 6. Bankruptcy of Bourgeois Sociology |
| 145 | 7. The Significance of the Materialist Conception of History for Other Social Sciences and for Social Practice |
| CHAPTER 5 • CLASSES, CLASS STRUGGLE AND THE STATE | |
| 149 | [introduction.] |
| 149 | 1. The Essence of Class Distinctions and of the Relations Between Classes |
| 156 | 2. The State as an Instrument of Class Domination |
| 160 | 3. The Class Struggle as the Driving Force of the Development of an Exploiting Society |
| 164 | 4. The Basic Forms of the Class Struggle of the Proletariat |
| CHAPTER 6 • THE ROLE OF THE MASSES AND THE INDIVIDUAL IN HISTORY | |
| 174 | [introduction.] |
| 175 | 1. The Masses Are the Makers of History |
| 180 | 2. The Role of the Individual in History |
| 188 | 3. The Role of the Masses in Socio-Political Life at the Present Time |
| CHAPTER 7 • SOCIAL PROGRESS | |
| 193 | 1. The Progressive Character of Social Development |
| 198 | 2. Social Progress in an Exploiting Society and Under Socialism |
| 203 | 3. Marxism-Leninism and the Ideals of Social Progress |
| PART THREE | |
| POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CAPITALISM | |
| 208 | [introduction.] |
| CHAPTER 8 • PRE-MONOPOLY CAPITALISM | |
| 211 | 1. The Rise of Capitalist Relations |
| 212 | 2. Commodity Production. Commodities. Law of Value and Money |
| 218 | 3. The Theory of Surplus-Value Is the Corner-Stone of Marx’s Economic Doctrine |
| 222 | 4. Wages |
| 224 | 5. Growth of Profit—Aim and Limit of Capitalist Production |
| 227 | 6. Capitalist Development in Agriculture. Ground-Rent |
| 230 | 7. Reproduction of Social Capital and Economic Crises |
| 234 | 8. The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation |
| CHAPTER 9 • IMPERIALISM, THE HIGHEST AND LAST STAGE OF CAPITALISM | |
| 239 | [introduction.] |
| 239 | 1. Imperialism as Monopoly Capitalism |
| 250 | 2. Imperialism Is Parasitic or Decaying Capitalism |
| 254 | 3. Imperialism Is Moribund Capitalism |
| 257 | 4. The Beginning of the General Crisis of Capitalism |
| CHAPTER 10 • PRESENT-DAY IMPERIALISM | |
| 261 | [introduction.] |
| 261 | 1. Further Development of the General Crisis of Capitalism |
| 264 | 2. State-Monopoly Capitalism |
| 279 | 3. Is Capitalism Getting Rid of Economic Crises? |
| 283 | 4. Aggravation and Extension of Class Antagonisms |
| 292 | 5. The Final Rung in the Historical Ladder of Capitalism |
| PART FOUR | |
| THEORY AND TACTICS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNIST MOVEMENT | |
| CHAPTER 11 • THE HISTORIC MISSION OF THE WORKING CLASS | |
| 296 | [introduction.] |
| 296 | 1. The Working Class Is the Liberator of the Working People |
| 299 | 2. Growth of the Importance of the Working Class and of Its Social and Political Role |
| 302 | 3. Community of Interests of the Working Class and All Working People |
| 304 | 4. Internationalism Is a Source of the Strength of the Working-Class Movement |
| 308 | 5. Obstacles and Difficulties Hindering the Development of the Working-Class Movement |
| 311 | 6. A Class of Fighters, a Class of Builders |
| CHAPTER 13 • THE GREAT OCTOBER SOCIALIST REVOLUTION—A TURNING-POINT IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND | |
| 317 | [introduction.] |
| 317 | 1. The Vanguard Role of the Russian Working Class |
| 320 | 2. The World’s First Socialist Revolution |
| 327 | 3. Powerful Impulse to the Revolutionary Working-Class Movement in Other Countries |
| 328 | 4. Influence of the October Revolution on the National-Liberation Movement |
| 330 | 5. The Vanguard and Bulwark of the World Socialist Movement |
| CHAPTER 13 • THE MARXIST-LENINIST PARTY AND ITS ROLE IN THE WORKERS’ CLASS STRUGGLE | |
| 332 | [introduction.] |
| 332 | 1. What Party Does the Working Class Need? |
| 336 | 2. Democratic Centralism in the Structure and Life of the Party |
| 340 | 3. The Living Ties of the Party with the Broad Masses |
| 344 | 4. Marxist-Leninist Policy as Science and Art |
| 350 | 5. The Need to Fight Right-Wing Opportunism and Sectarianism |
| 354 | 6. International Character of the Communist Movement |
| CHAPTER 14 • POLICY OF UNITY OF ACTION OF THE WORKING CLASS AND ALL DEMOCRATIC FORCES OF THE PEOPLE | |
| 358 | [introduction.] |
| 359 | 1. Unity of the Working Class Is the Imperative Need at the Present Time |
| 361 | 2. Who Hampers the Establishment of Working-Class Unity of Action |
| 368 | 3. Ways and Means of Attaining Unity of Action in the Working-Class Movement |
| 376 | 4. Policy of Democratic Unity |
| CHAPTER 15 • ALLIANCE OF THE WORKING CLASS AND PEASANTRY UNDER CAPITALISM | |
| 382 | 1. Struggle for the Interests of the Peasantry |
| 389 | 2. Communists Are Defenders of the Vital Interests of the Peasant Masses |
| 391 | 3. What a Victory of the Working Class Offers the Peasants |
| CHAPTER 16 • THE NATIONAL-LIBERATION MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLES AGAINST IMPERIALISM | |
| 394 | 1. Rise of the National-Liberation Movement and Break-up of the Colonial System |
| 403 | 2. Main Achievements of the National-Liberation Revolutions in Asia, Africa and Latin America |
| 417 | 3. Immediate Prospects of Historical Development of the Countries Liberated from Colonial Oppression |
| 422 | 4. Imperialism Is the Chief Enemy of the Liberated Countries and Peoples Struggling for Their Independence |
| 427 | 5. The World Socialist System Is a Bulwark of the Peoples in the Struggle Against Colonialism |
| CHAPTER 17 • STRUGGLE OF THE PEOPLES OF CAPITALIST COUNTRIES TO SAFEGUARD THEIR SOVEREIGNTY | |
| 431 | [introduction.] |
| 431 | 1. Aggravation of the Problem of Sovereignty in the Era of Imperialism |
| 437 | 2. Cosmopolitism and Not Patriotism Is the Ideology of the Imperialist Bourgeoisie |
| 440 | 3. Defence of Sovereignty Corresponds to the Interests of All the Sound Forces of a Nation |
| CHAPTER 18 • STRUGGLE IN DEFENCE OF DEMOCRACY IN THE BOURGEOIS COUNTRIES | |
| 445 | [introduction.] |
| 447 | 1. Lenin on the Need to Fight for Democracy Under Capitalism |
| 449 | 2. Offensive of the Capitalist Monopolies Against the Democratic Rights of the Working People |
| 454 | 3. Unity of the Democratic Forces Is an Indispensable Condition for Victory Over Reaction and Fascism |
| CHAPTER 19 • THE DANGER OF WAR AND THE STRUGGLE OF THE PEOPLES FOR PEACE | |
| 457 | 1. Modern Imperialism Jeopardises the Fate of Entire Countries and Peoples |
| 459 | 2. The International Working Class in the Struggle Against the War Danger |
| 463 | 3. Defence of Peace Is the Most Important Democratic Task |
| 464 | 4. Possibilities for Preventing War in Our Time |
| 469 | 5. Basic Principles of Peace Policy |
| 473 | 6. Ways and Forms of the Struggle Against the War Danger |
| CHAPTER 20 • ON VARIOUS FORMS OF TRANSITION TO A SOCIALIST REVOLUTION | |
| 476 | [introduction.] |
| 476 | 1. The Development of Class Antagonisms Makes a Proletarian Revolution Inevitable |
| 479 | 2. Democratic Movements of Our Time and the Socialist Revolution |
| 492 | 3. Ripening of the Conditions for the Proletarian Revolution |
| 497 | 4. The Transfer of Power to the Working Class |
| 505 | 5. Basic Regularities of the Socialist Revolution and Their Specific Manifestations in Different Countries |
| PART FIVE | |
| SOCIALISM AND COMMUNISM | |
| CHAPTER 21 • DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT AND PROLETARIAN DEMOCRACY | |
| 509 | [introduction.] |
| 509 | 1. The Historical Necessity for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat in the Transition Period |
| 518 | 2. Proletarian Democracy Is a New Type of Democracy |
| 530 | 3. Diverse Forms of the Proletarian Dictatorship |
| CHAPTER 22 • THE MAIN ECONOMIC TASKS IN THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM CAPITALISM TO SOCIALISM | |
| 539 | [introduction.] |
| 540 | 1. What Working-Class Power Starts With |
| 545 | 2. Ways of Abolishing Multiplicity of Economic Forms |
| 557 | 3. Socialist Industrialisation |
| 560 | 4. The Results of the Transition Period |
| CHAPTER 23 • MAIN FEATURES OF THE SOCIALIST MODE OF PRODUCTION | |
| 563 | [introduction.] |
| 564 | 1. Social Property and Its Forms |
| 568 | 2. The Main Purpose of Socialist Production |
| 570 | 3. Planned Development of the National Economy |
| 575 | 4. Commodity Production and the Law of Value in Socialist Society |
| 580 | 5. Labour Under Socialism |
| 585 | 6. Socialist Extended Reproduction |
| CHAPTER 24 • SOCIAL RELATIONS AND CULTURE IN SOCIALIST SOCIETY | |
| 590 | [introduction.] |
| 590 | 1. Socialist Democracy |
| 604 | 2. Friendship of the Peoples of Socialist Society |
| 607 | 3. Culture of Socialist Society |
| 612 | 4. Socialism and the Individual |
| 616 | 5. Driving Forces of the Development of Socialist Society |
| CHAPTER 25 • THE WORLD SOCIALIST SYSTEM | |
| 619 | [introduction.] |
| 619 | 1. Historical Features of the Formation of the World Socialist System |
| 622 | 2. Principles of Relations Between Socialist States (Socialist Internationalism) |
| 630 | 3. Development of World Socialist Economy |
| 637 | 4. Economic Relations of the Socialist Countries with Other Countries |
| CHAPTER 26 • THE PERIOD OF TRANSITION FROM SOCIALISM TO COMMUNISM | |
| 639 | [introduction.] |
| 640 | 1. The Leninist General Line of the Party at the New Stage |
| 645 | 2. Creating the Material and Technical Basis of Communism |
| 654 | 3. Improvement of the People’s Well-Being. Creation of the Conditions for Transition to the Communist Principle of Distribution |
| 662 | 4. Building a Classless Society |
| 668 | 5. Further Development of Socialist Democracy |
| 676 | 6. Towards Ever Closer Association of the Nations |
| 678 | 7. Communist Education of the Working People |
| 685 | 8. The Marxist-Leninist Party in the Period of Full-Scale Communist Construction |
| 690 | 9. International Significance of Communist Construction in the U.S.S.R. |
| CHAPTER 27 • ON COMMUNIST SOCIETY | |
| 698 | [introduction.] |
| 699 | 1. A Society of Universal Sufficiency and Abundance |
| 702 | 2. From Each According to His Ability |
| 704 | 3. To Each According to His Needs |
| 707 | 4. The Free Man in the Free Society |
| 712 | 5. Peace and Friendship, Co-operation and Rapprochement of the Peoples |
| 714 | 6. Future Prospects of Communism |
| 719 | LIST OF QUOTED LITERATURE |
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