The Dogmatic Principles of Soviet Philosophy [as of 1958]: Synopsis of the ‘Osnovy Marksistskoj Filosofii’ with complete index

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
The Object of Philosophy....Pages 1-3
The Conflict between Materialism and Idealism in the History of Pre-Marxist Philosophy (38–87)....Pages 4-4
The Birth and Development of Marxist Philosophy (88–114)....Pages 4-4
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Matter and its Existential Forms....Pages 7-9
Matter and Consciousness....Pages 10-12
The Regular Connection of the Phenomena of Reality....Pages 13-15
The Basic Laws of the Dialectic. The Law of the Transition of Quantitative Changes into Qualitative....Pages 16-18
The Law of the Unity and Conflict of Contraries....Pages 19-21
The Law of the Negation of Negation....Pages 22-22
The Dialectic of the Process of Knowledge....Pages 23-26
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Historical Materialism as the Science of the Developmental Laws of Society....Pages 29-31
Material Production: The Basis of Social Life....Pages 32-35
The Dialectic of the Forces of Production and the Relations of Production....Pages 36-38
The Base and the Superstructure of Society....Pages 39-40
Classes, Class Conflict, State....Pages 41-46
The Social Revolution as Law-Bound Change of Socio-Economic Formations....Pages 47-54
Social Consciousness and its Role in the Life of Society....Pages 55-60
The Role of the Popular Masses and of Individuals in History....Pages 61-62
The Main Tendencies of Contemporary Bourgeois Philosophy and Sociology (635–677)....Pages 62-62
Back Matter....Pages 63-78