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Hegel, Marx and Dialectic: A Debate
RICHARD NORMAN and
SEAN SAYERS
A lively and provocative debate on the nature of Hegelian and Marxist dialectic and the relation between them.
A direct and explicit definition of dialectic is given and by sustained debate the dialectical idea of the fruitfulness of contradiction is exemplified in practice.The authors relate their accounts of dialectic both to recent discussion in the Marxist tradition (Sartre, Colletti, Althusser) and to work in the analytical tradition of philosophy, thus initiating a dialogue between two as yet hardly related philosophical traditions.
The clarity and directness of this collection, and its complete avoidance of dogmatism, make it an invaluable work for anyone interested in the fundamental questions of philosophy.
Table of Contents
Preface
Essay 1: On the Marxist Dialectic - Sean Sayers
Essay 2: On the Heglian Origins - Richard Norman
Essay 3: The Problem of Contradiction - Richard Norman
Essay 4: Dualism, Materialism and Dialectics - Sean Sayers
Essay 5: Dialectical Concepts and their Application to Nature - Richard Norman
Publication Details:
Brighton: The Harvester Press, and Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press, 1980 (ISBN 0 85527 856 0 hb, 0 85527 448 4 pb) (out of print)
Aldershot and Brookfield VT: Gregg Revivals, 1994 (ISBN 0 7512 0219 3)
Korean translation Sang-Heon Ahn, 1990