Andy Blunden's Hegel Marx & Vygotsky, Essays in Social Philosophy presents his novel approach to social theory in a series of essays. Blunden aims to use the cultural psychology of Lev Vygotsky and the Soviet Activity Theorists to renew Hegelian Marxism as an interdisciplinary science. This allows psychologists and social theorists to share their insights through concepts equally valid in either domain. The work includes critical reviews of the works of central figures in Soviet psychology and other writers offering fruitful insights. Essays on topics as diverse as vaccine scepticism and the origins of language test out the interdisciplinary power of the theory, as well as key texts on historical analysis, methodology and the nature of the present conjuncture.
By:
Andy Blunden
Imprint: Haymarket Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 228mm,
Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781642598001
ISBN 10: 1642598003
Series: Studies in Critical Social Science
Pages: 429
Publication Date: 21 February 2023
Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Acknowledgements Analytical Contents List List of Illustrations Introduction 1 What Is the Difference between Hegel and Marx? 1 The Main Difference between Hegel and Marx Is the Times They Lived In 2 The Young Marx vs. Hegel on the State 3 Hegel and Marx on Universal Suffrage 4 Marx and Hegel on the State 5 Hegel’s Misogyny 6 Hegel’s Failure to See the Contradiction in the Value of Commodities 7 Universal Suffrage and Participatory Democracy 8 In What Sense Was Hegel an Idealist? 9 Turning Hegel on His head 10 Goethe, Hegel and Marx 11 Summary 2 The Unit of Analysis and Germ Cell in Hegel, Marx and Vygotsky 1 Part 1: From Goethe to Marx 2 Part 2: Vygotsky and Activity Theory 3 Concrete Historicism as a Research Paradigm 1 Structuralism and Abstract Historicism 2 Concrete Historicism 3 The Germ Cell 4 Conclusion 4 Perezhivanie as Human Self-Creation 1 Introduction 2 No Mystery 3 An Experience 4 Etymology 5 Catharsis 6 Personality 7 Continuity and Discontinuity 8 Unity 9 Lived Experiences 10 Units 11 Development 12 Reflection 13 Examples 14 Critiques 15 Perezhivaniya on the Social-Historical Plane 16 Conclusion 5 Agency 1 The Domains of Self-Determination 2 Free Will 3 The Natural Will 4 The Development of the Will in Childhood 5 Self-Control 6
Andy Blunden is an independent scholar in Melbourne. He has published on Soviet Psychology, Hegel's philosophy and the foundations of political science. Andy has served as editor of Mind, Culture, and Activity and as Secretary of the Marxists Internet Archive.
