
Dialectical Materialism
A Historical and Systematic Survey of Philosophy in the Soviet Union
Gustav A. Wetter(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 26. November 2024
Book
Hardback
620 pages
978-1-032-86285-9 (ISBN)
Description
Dialectical Materialism (1958) surveys the history of dialectical materialism from its Hegelian beginnings to the death of Stalin, and its sequel in the celebrated XXth Party Congress of the C.P.S.U. It also presents a systematic account of the theory as it was formulated and discussed by the philosophers of the Soviet Union.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic, Adult education, General, Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
1092 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-86285-9 (9781032862859)
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A Historical and Systematic Survey of Philosophy in the Soviet Union
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Person
Gustav A. Wetter was a Jesuit father and a professor at the Papal Oriental Institute in Rome. He enjoyed a worldwide reputation as a leading authority in his field, whose learning and impartiality met with reluctant commendation even from avowed political opponents.
Content
1. The Philosophical Roots of Marxism 2. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels 3. Revolutionary Movements in Russia: the Origins 4. Philosophical Tendencies in Russian Marxism before the Revolution 5. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin 6. Philosophical Developments in the USSR up to 1931 7. Mechanism 8. Menshevik Idealism 9. Developments since 1931 10. Stalin as a Philosopher 11. Since the Death of Stalin 12. Conception of Philosophy 13. The Theory of Matter 14. The Materialist Dialectic 15. The Theory of Categories 16. Dialectical Materialism and Modern Science 17. The Dialectical Materialist Theory of Knowledge 18. Logic