J. M. Bochenski

The Dogmatic Principles of Soviet Philosophy [as of 1958]

Synopsis of the ¿Osnovy Marksistskoj Filosofii¿ with complete index

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The present volume of "Sovietica" offers a short synopsis of the newest version of Soviet philosophic dogma. It is a presentation of the content of the Osnovy marksistskoj filosofii which was authorized for publi cation Aug. 7, 1958, and appeared before the end of October of that year in a printing of 250 000 copies. The book was published by the Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of the Su. The responsible editors were P. Pavelkin and G. Kurbatova and the text was prepared by eleven eminent Soviet philosophers (Y. F. Berestnev, M. A. Dynnik, P. N. Fedoseev, Ju. P. Francev, G. E. Glezerman, M. D. Kammari, F. V. Konstantinov, P. V. Kopnin, I. V. Kuznecov, M. M. Rozental', A. F. Siskin) under the direction of Konstantinov. As stated in the preface (p. 5) of the book, it was read in manuscript form by numerous scholars and professors of philosophy and then thoroughly discussed in three separate sessions (in the Academy of Sciences, and the Universities of Leningrad and Moscow). This work presents a reliable account of Soviet dogma as of 1958, i.e.

Produktdetails

• Sovietica 14
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-94-010-3628-3
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1963
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 153g
• ISBN-13: 9789401036283
• ISBN-10: 9401036284
• Artikelnr.: 39510928

Inhaltsangabe

1 The Object of Philosophy.- 1.1 The Basic Problem of Philosophy. Materialism and Idealism as the Main Currents of Philosophy.- 1.2 The Object of Marxist Philosophy. The Relationship of Philosophy to the Other Sciences.- 1.3 Diahistomat as the Conceptual Weapon of the Revolutionary Proletariat.- 2 The Conflict between Materialism and Idealism in the History of Pre-Marxist Philosophy).- 3 The Birth and Development of Marxist Philosophy).- I. Dialectical Materialism.- 4 Matter and its Existential Forms.- 5 Matter and Consciousness.- 6 The Regular Connection of the Phenomena of Reality.- 7 The Basic Laws of the Dialectic. The Law of the Transition of Quantitative Changes into Qualitative.- 8 The Law of the Unity and Conflict of Contraries.- 9 The Law of the Negation of Negation.- 10 The Dialectic of the Process of Knowledge.- II. Historical Materialism.- 11 Historical Materialism as the Science of the Developmental Laws of Society.- 12 Material Production: The Basis of Social Life.- 13 The Dialectic of the Forces of Production and the Relations of Production.- 14 The Base and the Superstructure of Society.- 15 Classes, Class Conflict, State.- 16 The Social Revolution as Law-Bound Change of Socio-Economic Formations.- 17 Social Consciousness and its Role in the Life of Society.- 18 The Role of the Popular Masses and of Individuals in History.- 19 The Main Tendencies of Contemporary Bourgeois Philosophy and Sociology).