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Study Guide and Questions for “What is Orthodox Marxism” by Georg Lukács The short introduction part 1.Why is theses XI from Marx’s “Theses On Feuerbach” quoted as an aphorism at the very beginning?（“The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it. “） 2.What is the difference between interpret and change the world? Why is the distinction so important? 3.”Change the world” here implies what for Lukács ? 4. What is the relation between act of changing the world and the dialectical method of interpreting the world? Section 1 1.What is a truly dialectical method (its origin, difference from the Hegelian dialectic)? 同时看Section 4。 2．Why is the understanding of this dialectical method so important/vital to the understanding of orthodox Marxism? （truly or genuine orthodox Marxism, not the self-claimed orthodox Marxism of the Second International which is dubbed “vulgar M” by both Lukacs and Korsch. Truly orthodox Marxism, is “materialist dialectic” or “dialectical materism” which is a revolutionary dialectic. Also see Korsch’s text.） 2.Why does the issue of understanding the dialectical method “turns on the question of theory and practice”? 3.Why the dialectical method “revolutionary “? How? 4.But how can it be made revolutionary realistically instead of just being an empty talk? Is it possible to make it revolutionary realistically? Where is the possibility? 6.Who is the subject of the revolution? Why? How? 7.Why is it important for this theory (materialist dialectics) to grip the masses? Who are “The masses”? What is the relationship between this theory and the revolutionary consciousness , action of the masses? Guide for the above part : P6/2(原6页2段)引马克思： 1．“It is not enough that thought should seek to realise itself; reality must also strive towards thought.” 这个“thought.”是什么？再引马克思：“It will then be realised that the world has long since possessed something in the form of a dream which it need only take pos