Philosophy and Revolution: From Hegel to Sartre, and from Marx to Mao (The Raya Dunayevskaya Series in Marxism and Humanism)

by Raya Dunayevskaya (Editor)

Paperback, 2003

Status

Available

Call number

HX550.R48 D86

Publication

Lexington Books (2003), 424 pages

Description

Few thought systems have been as distorted and sometimes misconstrued as those of Marx and Hegel. Philosophy and Revolution, presented here in a new edition, attempts to save Marx from interpretations which restrict the revolutionary significance of the philosophy behind his theory. Developing her breakthrough on Hegel's Absolute Idea, Raya Dunayevskaya, who died in the June of 1987, aims at a total liberation of the human person--not only from the ills of a capitalist society, but also from the equally oppressive state capitalism of established communist governments. She assumes within her theory of class struggle issues as diverse as feminism, black liberation, and even the new nationalism of third world countries. Moreover, Dunayevskaya combines within herself an incorruptible objectivity with a passionate political attitude, making this work a vibrant and concrete discussion of the vicissitudes of society, justice, equality, and existence.… (more)

Physical description

8.46 inches

ISBN

0739105590 / 9780739105597
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