Reclaiming Communist Philosophy: Marx, Lenin, Mao, and the Dialectics of Nature

Description: Reclaiming Communist Philosophy by Wilson W.S. Au This book is unique in its utilization of the natural sciences to explain and illustrate key concepts of communist philosophy. In its recapitulation of the spirit of Engelss unfinished manuscript, The Dialectics of Nature, it relies on the physical sciences developed since Engelss time to reaffirm the validity of materialist dialectics. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book is unique in its utilization of the natural sciences to explain and illustrate key concepts of communist philosophy. In its recapitulation of the spirit of Engelss unfinished manuscript, The Dialectics of Nature, it relies on the physical sciences developed since Engelss time to reaffirm the validity of materialist dialectics, a point which is more easily made in the context of natural phenomena than it is in social phenomena. The basic philosophical tenets underlying Communist ideology are all supported by the natural sciences.The book is situated within the Marxist-Leninist-Maoist tradition. Its overarching theme is the need to reclaim our most fundamental weapon of that tradition—its methodology or philosophy—which has been vitiated or even scrapped by well-intentioned revolutionaries throughout the 20th century. In particular, some of Maos philosophical formulations are found to be erroneous and in opposition to his practice. With the rapidly accelerating deterioration of the global capitalist order in progress since 2007, the urgency of this reclamation cannot be over-emphasized. Table of Contents Acknowledgments Series Editors Foreword PrefaceCHAPTER I: No SurrenderCHAPTER II: Introduction to Materialist DialecticsCHAPTER III: The Physical Sciences and MarxismCHAPTER IV: Negation, Sublation, and Negation of the NegationCHAPTER V: Spiral Development and SynthesisCHAPTER VI: Interconnectedness of the Laws of Materialist Dialectics: Phase Transitions of WaterCHAPTER VII: The Basic Laws of Materialist Dialectics Revisited APPENDIX A: Changes in Maos Philosophical Formulations, 1937–1965 APPENDIX B: Lenin Versus Mao on Opposites and DifferencesAPPENDIX C: Into the Marsh: Using Philosophical Mistakes to Justify Political PositionsAPPENDIX D: Marx, Mathematics, and the Nature of Mathematical TruthAPPENDIX E: The Epigenome and Lamarckian Evolution Details ISBN168123744X ISBN-10 168123744X ISBN-13 9781681237442 Format Hardcover Author Wilson W.S. Au Pages 306 Publisher Information Age Publishing Imprint Information Age Publishing Subtitle Marx, Lenin, Mao, and the Dialectics of Nature Place of Publication Greenwich Country of Publication United States DEWEY 335.43 Short Title Reclaiming Communist Philosophy Language English AU Release Date 2016-12-21 NZ Release Date 2016-12-21 UK Release Date 2016-12-21 Series Marxist, Socialist, and Communist Studies in Education Year 2017 Publication Date 2017-01-30 Audience Professional & Vocational US Release Date 2017-01-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134956801;

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