The Dialectics of the Abstract and the Concrete in Marx's Capital

DETAILS : 

• Author : by E.V. Ilyenkonv
  
• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Aakar Books
  
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ 30 November 2008
  
• Edition ‏ : ‎ First Edition
  
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
  
• Print length ‏ : ‎ 294 pages
  
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8189833383
  
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9788189833381
  
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 300 g

ABOUT THE BOOK

The Dialectics of the Abstract and the Concrete in Marx's Capital (1960) is considered a masterpiece of 20th-century Marxist philosophy. Written by the Soviet philosopher E.V. Ilyenkov, it is not merely a commentary on economics, but a profound exploration of logic and epistemology (how we know what we know).

Ilyenkov wrote this during the "Khrushchev Thaw," seeking to rescue Marxist thought from the rigid, "dead" dogmas of the Stalinist era by returning to the sophisticated dialectical roots of Hegel and Marx.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Evald Vasilyevich Ilyenkov was a tragic and brilliant figure in Soviet philosophy.

The "Creative" Marxist: He led a small circle of thinkers who tried to revitalize Marxism through the study of Spinoza, Hegel, and Marx's early writings.

Opposition: His ideas often clashed with the official "Dialectical Materialism" (Diamat) taught by the Soviet state, which he found oversimplified and unscientific.

Legacy: He is now widely read by Western Marxists and "Western Marxologists" for his psychological and pedagogical theories, as well as his logic.