Marx' Method, Epistemology, and Humanism: A Study in the Development of His Thought

In: Sovietica 48

Abstract

One: The Development of Marx' Doctrine of Nature and Essence (1841–1845) -- I. Metaphysics and Essence -- II. Doctrine of Nature and Essence -- III. Method -- IV. Epistemology -- Two: The Method and Epistemology of Marx' Materialist View of the World (1845–1856) -- I. Abandonment of the Doctrine of Essence -- II. Historical Materialism and Method -- III. Historical Materialism and Epistemology -- Three: Marx' Dialectical Method (1857–1883) -- I. Dialectical Method -- II. Dialectical Method and Hegel -- III. Dialectical Method and Historical Materialism -- IV. Laws and Prediction -- V. Dialectical Method and Epistemology -- VI. Dialectical Method and a New Concept of Essence -- VII. Dialectical Method and the Later Writings -- VIII. Withering Way of Social Science -- IX. Science and Metaphysics -- Four: Engels and Dialectics -- I. Historical Materialism and Determinism -- II. Dialectical Method -- III. Epistemology -- IV. Dialectic of Nature -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes.