Humanism & Socialism

• How did society, speech, and thought originate?
• Can the conflicts that arise in society be resolved through education and appeals to conscience? Or do they reflect irreconcilable antagonisms between classes with conflicting interests – the exploited and the exploiters?
• Can a genuinely human society be built without a socialist revolution?

George Novack explains how Marxism bases itself upon the decisive role of the revolutionary struggle of working people to bring forth a world free of national oppression and class exploitation. And how it deepened and amplified the humanist tradition by placing humanism’s enduring elements on a firm materialist foundation, inseparably linked to that struggle.

Eight essays on fundamental questions of politics, history, and science.