Dance of the dialectic : steps in Marx's method / Bertell Ollman.

Author/creator Ollman, Bertell
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2003.
Descriptionx, 232 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction: Marxism, this tale of two cities -- The meaning of dialectics -- Social relations as subject matter -- The philosophy of internal relations -- In defense of the philosophy of internal relations -- Putting dialectics to work : the process of abstraction in Marx's method -- Studying history backward : a neglected feature of Marx's materialist conception of history -- Dialectic as inquiry and exposition -- Marxism and political science : prolegomenon to a debate on Marx's method -- Why dialectics? Why now? or, How to study the Communist future inside the capitalist present -- Critical realism in light of Marx's process of abstraction -- Marx's dialectical method is more than a mode of exposition : a critique of systematic dialectics -- Why does the emperor need the Yakuza? Prolegomenon to a Marxist theory of the Japanese state.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [217]-222) and index.
LCCN 2002151570
ISBN0252028325 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0252071182 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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