Fundamentals of Marx: Contradictions

How did Marx use the term "contradictions"? How did subsequent Marxists build upon this concept and apply it to their own investigations of social systems? There is no concrete answer to these questions but the topic is nevertheless worth considering if we are to adequately engage with the many works in the Marxist school of thought that employ "contradictions" in some capacity.

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Sources (in order of cited passages):

Harvey, D. (2014). Seventeen contradictions and the end of capitalism. Oxford University Press, USA.

Mao, Z. (1987). On contradiction. Chinese Studies in Philosophy, 19(2), 20-82.

Marx, K., & Engels, F. (1992). Capital, volume two: The process of circulation of capital. Penguin Classics, p. 391.

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