The Nature of Human Brain Work
An Introduction to Dialectics
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Communism & Socialism, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Political
| Author: | Joseph Dietzgen | ISBN: | 9781604863796 |
| Publisher: | PM Press | Publication: | May 1, 2010 |
| Imprint: | PM Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Joseph Dietzgen |
| ISBN: | 9781604863796 |
| Publisher: | PM Press |
| Publication: | May 1, 2010 |
| Imprint: | PM Press |
| Language: | English |
This primer on dialectical materialism is the first and best-known work of a pioneer of socialist philosophy. Joseph Dietzgen, a tanner by trade, was self-taught and developed his theory of dialectical materialism independently of Karl Marx. In this book he argues that thinking is a process involving two opposing aspects-generalization and specialization-and all thought is therefore a dialectical process. Knowledge is limited, truth is relative, and the only absolute is existence itself. This cornerstone of socialist philosophy lays the foundation for a nondogmatic, flexible, nonsectarian yet principled socialist politics.
This primer on dialectical materialism is the first and best-known work of a pioneer of socialist philosophy. Joseph Dietzgen, a tanner by trade, was self-taught and developed his theory of dialectical materialism independently of Karl Marx. In this book he argues that thinking is a process involving two opposing aspects-generalization and specialization-and all thought is therefore a dialectical process. Knowledge is limited, truth is relative, and the only absolute is existence itself. This cornerstone of socialist philosophy lays the foundation for a nondogmatic, flexible, nonsectarian yet principled socialist politics.
