Radical Engagements: "What Is Materialism" by Nicolas D Villareal
Nico Villareal modernizes a Marxist-Althusserian understanding of materialism, and this is both insightful, but in some ways, a little limited. It is still an improvement on the way the term is often used vaguely.
Source: https://cosmonautmag.com/2024/07/what...
Additional Reference material: https://arxiv.org/html/2405.10078v1
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