Level 1: Orientation to Elementary Terms and Concepts
Dialectical Materialism – John Pickard
An Introduction to Dialectical Materialism – Alan Woods and Rob Sewell
Introduction to “ABC of Materialist Dialectics” – Rob Sewell
What is Dialectical Materialism? A Study Guide by Rob Sewell
ABC of Materialist Dialectics – Leon Trotsky (included within previous entry, listed seperately for convenience)
Level 2: Reason in Revolt: Marxism and Modern Science
Introduction to the German Edition of “Reason in Revolt” – Alan Woods
Preface to the First Volume of the US Edition of “Reason in Revolt” – Alan Woods
Preface to the Second Volume of the US Edition of “Reason in Revolt” – Alan Woods
Reason in Revolt – Ted Grant and Alan Woods
Level 3: Engels’ Applications of Dialectical Materialism to the Question of Evolution
The Origins of Our Species – Rob Sewell
Engels and Human Development – John Pickard
The Part Played by Labor in the Transition From Ape to Man – Frederick Engels
Level 4: Recent Developments in the Sciences
A Tribute to a Great Scientist: Stephen J. Gould – Fred Weston
What the Human Genome Means for Socialists – Alan Woods
An Alternative to the “Big Bang” – Alan Woods
“The Demonic Ape”: A Critique – Alan Woods
Level 5: Marxists on Science
Radio, Science, Technique, and Society – Leon Trotsky
Level 6: The History of Philosophy
History of Philosophy – Alan Woods
Level 7: Principles and Methods of Dialectical Materialism
Theses on Feuerbach – Karl Marx
Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy – Frederick Engels
Marx’s and Engels’ Letters on Dialectics (different letters vary greatly in relevance)
Level 8: Engels’ Application of Dialectical Materialism to General Science
The Dialectics of Nature – Frederick Engels
Level 9: Moderately Advanced Works of Dialectical Materialism
The German Ideology – Karl Marx
Anti-Dühring, Part One: Philosophy – Frederick Engels
Notes on Paulsen’s “Introduction to Philosophy” – Lenin
Level 10: Highly Advanced Works of Dialectical Materialism