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This philosopher advanced a simplistic “reflection theory” of perception in a book denouncing the “Machist” tendencies of the tract Empirio-Monism. A lecture titled for this thinker calls for a “new practice of philosophy” based on his claim, drawn from Joseph Dietzgen, that philosophy was “the falsest of all false paths.” That lecture on this thinker titles the collection that includes the essay (*) “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.” This author of Materialism and Empirio-Criticism originated the concept of “monopoly capitalism,” which he claimed extracted “super-profits” from undeveloped economies. The practice of “democratic centralism” was advocated by, for 10 points, (-5[1])what author of Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism (10[1])and leader of the Russian Revolution? ■END■

ANSWER: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin [or Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov] (The lecture “Lenin and Philosophy” was given by Louis Althusser.)
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