Materialism
Materialism is a form of philosophical monism which holds matter to be the fundamental substance in nature, and all things, including mental states and consciousness, are results of material interactions. According to philosophical materiali ...
is the view that the universe consists only of organized matter and energy.
Materialism or materialist may also refer to:
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Economic materialism
Materialism can be described as either a personal attitude which attaches importance to acquiring and consuming material goods or as a logistical analysis of how physical resources are shaped into consumable products.
The use of the term materia ...
, the desire to accumulate material goods
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Christian materialism
Some Christian theologians embrace a holistic combination of Christian theology with ''some'' ideas of (ontological) materialism, a belief that matter is a fundamental substance of the world and that mental phenomena result from matter.
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, the combination of Christian theology with the ideas of materialism, which places a high value on material things
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Cultural materialism (anthropology)
Cultural materialism is an anthropological research orientation first introduced by Marvin Harris in his 1968 book ''The Rise of Anthropological Theory'', Paperback as a theoretical paradigm and research strategy. It is said to be the most enduri ...
, an anthropological research orientation first introduced by Marvin Harris
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Cultural materialism (cultural studies)
Cultural materialism in literary theory and cultural studies traces its origin to the work of the left-wing literary critic Raymond Williams. Cultural materialism makes analysis based in critical theory, in the tradition of the Frankfurt School.
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, a movement in literary theory and cultural studies originating with left-wing literary critic Raymond Williams
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Historical materialism
Historical materialism is the term used to describe Karl Marx's theory of history. Marx locates historical change in the rise of class societies and the way humans labor together to make their livelihoods. For Marx and his lifetime collaborat ...
, Karl Marx's theory of history
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Dialectical materialism
Dialectical materialism is a philosophy of science, history, and nature developed in Europe and based on the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Marxist dialectics, as a materialist philosophy, emphasizes the importance of real-world con ...
, a philosophy of science, history, and nature based on the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
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Spiritual materialism
''Spiritual materialism'' is a term coined by Chögyam Trungpa in his book ''Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism''. The book is a compendium of his talks explaining Buddhism given while opening the Karma Dzong meditation center in Boulder, Colora ...
, a term coined by Chögyam Trungpa to describe capitalist and spiritual narcissism
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Gustavo Bueno
Gustavo Bueno Martínez (1 September 1924 – 7 August 2016) was a Spanish philosopher, founder of a philosophical doctrine dubbed by himself as "philosophical materialism".
Pupil of the national-syndicalist Santiago Montero Díaz, Bueno's id ...
which rejects physical reductivism and excludes any possibility of spiritual life without reference to organic life
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