Marx's Scientific Dialectics

A Methodological Treatise for a New Century
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-90-04-15860-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 332 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 766 g

Reihe: Studies in Critical Social Sciences

While Karl Marx's ideas remain influential in the social sciences, there is considerable disagreement and debate on the methodological principles that inform his work. Marx often aligned himself with both "scientific" and "dialectical" principles, at least once referring to his method as a "scientific dialectic," suggesting he believed dialectical reason could be incorporated into scientific method. By debunking several misconceptions about Marx’s work and examining how he brought scientific methods to bear on his general sociological thinking, his materialist historical perspective, and within his political economy, this book brings new insight to the methodological principles that animate Marx’s writings. What emerges from such a perspective is an approach to sociological inquiry that remains vital and useful for contemporary research on capitalist society and its possible futures.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Paolucci, Paul B

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Lists, Figures, And Table
Preface

Part I Reconsidering Marx
1. Problems Reading Marx
2. Marx And Classical Sociology

Part II Marx And His Scientific Dialectic
3. Marx’s Onto-Epistemological Assumptions
4. Marx’s Analytical Procedures
5. Marx’s Conceptual Doublets
6. Marx’s Models

Part III From Marx’s Science To His Politics
7. From Political Economy To The Communist Project
8. Recovering Marx

References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Paul B. Paolucci, Ph.D. (2001) in Sociology from the University of Kentucky, is Associate Professor of Sociology at Eastern Kentucky University. He has published articles on dialectical methods, political economy, sociological theory, US foreign policy, humor, and race relations.