Question

What is the main element of Marx’s dialectical materialism?

• A. Matter
• B. Consciousness
• C. Class struggle
• D. Self-development

Hint:

Marx turned Hegel ``right side up'' by replacing the ``Idea'' with ``Matter'' as the driving force of reality.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Karl Marx adapted Hegel's dialectical method but rejected his idealistic foundation.
Marx argued that the fundamental reality is not the ``Idea'' or ``Spirit'', but the material world.
Therefore, the core element of his philosophy, Dialectical Materialism, is Matter.