The Development Trajectory of Eastern Societies

ISBN-13: 9781138330818 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 108 str.

Zhao Jiaxiang

Opis

This collection of four volumes re-examines Marx and Engels’ theories of the development trajectory of Eastern societies. Volume 1 interrogates traditional exegeses of basic Marxist principles and reinterprets them in a way that will be of significant interest to readers studying Marxist theory and philosophy.

Spis treści

1. Social forms and their classifications  2. The purposiveness of human activities and the regularity of social development  3. Historical determinism, subjective choice, and their relations  4. Historical progress and its measure  5. The integrity of Marxism

O autorze

Jiaxiang Zhao is Professor of Philosophy at Peking University, and has served as vice dean and director of the academic committee of the Department of Philosophy, as well as vice president and consultant of the Chinese Historical Materialism Association. His main research interests include Marxist philosophy and Marxist classic works.