Dialectic Of The Ideal: Evald Ilyenkov And Creative Soviet Marxism

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  • ISBN 9781608464142
  • Weight: 331g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 10 Mar 2015
  • Publisher: Haymarket Books
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Levant and Oittinen provide a window into the subterranean tradition of 'creative' Soviet Marxism, which developed on the margins of the Soviet academe and remains largely outside Western contemporary theory. With his 'activity approach', E.V. Ilyenkov, Soviet Marxism's principal figure in the post-Stalin period, makes a substantial contribution toward an anti-reductionist Marxist theory of the subject, which will be of interest to contemporary theorists who seek to avoid economic and cultural reductionism as well as the malaise of postmodern relativism.
Alex Levant, Ph.D. (Social and Political Thought - York University), M.A. (Theory, Culture, Politics - Trent University), B.A. (English Literature and Film Studies - Wilfrid Laurier University). His areas of research include critical media theory, political economy of communication, cultural studies, globalization, social movements, and critical 'race' theory, among others.

Vesa Oittinen, Ph. D., born in 1951, is Professor at the Aleksanteri Institute of the University of Helsinki. His research focuses on the history of modern philosophy, especially German, Scandinavian, and Russian philosophy. Forthcoming publications include books on Evald Ilyenkov and on the so-called Activity Approach in Soviet philosophy, both with Historical Materialism