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Description
Perhaps the most comprehensive textbook on the Marxist world outlook, its means of comprehending social phenomena, dialectical materialism, A Textbook of Marxist Philosophy prepared by the Leningrad Institute of Philosophy gives a rich understanding of every key tenet of said outlook. Dr. John Lewis, Marxist philosopher, wrote an introduction which should help orientate the reader with some basic knowledge, and rewrote the historical part of the textbook, condensing it and making it more relevant to a Western audience. The original translated text then goes through the unity and struggle of opposites, their inter-penetration, the absoluteness of their conflict, the anti-Marxist theory of equilibrium and so on. The section on the law of quantity into quality discusses the self-movement of the dialectical whole, the evolutionary leap, the nodal line of measurements, etc. The last section, the negation of the negation, describes the last aspect of Marxist philosophy elucidated by Marx and Engels under which earlier stages repeat themselves in a new, higher phase at a later stage. Throughout the book, real-world examples are given of their correct application, their metaphysical and idealist opponents, and those who falsify dialectical materialism under the signboard of Marxism. NEPH hopes this material is timely and can be used effectively for Marxist-Leninist theoretical education.