POL 315 MODULE 1
processes of social change. The law of negation of negation implies that
every object transforms from a lower quality to a higher quality-hence,
developmental trajectory is linear and in a continuum.
SELF-ASSESSMENT EXERCISE
i. Describe the implications of negation of negation for nature and
society.
ii. Explain how negation can be avoidable in society.
6.0 TUTOR-MARKED ASSIGNMENT
1. Explain how negation of negation sustains progress.
2. Negation engenders renewal. Discuss.
7.0 REFERENCES/FURTHER READING
Archer, R. (1995). Economic Democracy: The Politics of Feasible
Socialism. New York: Oxford University Press.
Avineri, S. (1968). The Social and Political Thought of Karl Marx.
Cambridge University Press.
Carver, T. (Ed.). (1991). The Cambridge Companion to Marx. New
York: Cambridge University Press.
Trigger, B. (2007). A History of Archaeological Thought. New York.
Cambridge University Press.
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