The socialist tradition was long associated with materialism, a view that has come under fire in recent decades. But materialism is both a legitimate and necessary foundation for left-wing politics.

I think there is a deep reason why: the left’s traditional commitment to a doctrine called materialism. Materialism is a very old theory of human behavior, most strongly identified with Marx and ...

It's more accurate to say that democracy dies in materialism, by which I mean our utilitarian attitude today that knowledge is rooted only in marketable skills. It changes our perception of ...

When it comes to the clarity of the connection and scale of the negative impact, science is pretty clear that materialism is the smoking gun of the mental health world. None of which probably ...

"Our study found that materialism was associated with spouses having lower levels of responsiveness and less emotional maturity. Materialism was also linked to less effective communication ...

Jason Carroll, BYU professor of marriage and family studies, and two graduate students, Ashley LeBaron and Heather Kelly, have provided more insight into what may be one of the roots of the ...