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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453199403321

Autore

Paolucci Paul

Titolo

Marx's scientific dialectics [[electronic resource] ] : a methodological treatise for a new century / / by Paul Paolucci

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007

ISBN

1-281-92156-4

9786611921569

90-474-2097-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 p.)

Collana

Studies in critical social sciences, , 1573-4234 ; ; v. 8

Disciplina

335.4

335.4/23

335.4112

335.423

Soggetti

Communism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-303) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary material / Paolucci -- Chapter One. Problems reading Marx / Paolucci -- Chapter Two. Marx and classical Sociology / Paolucci -- Chapter Three. Marx’s onto-epistemological assumptions / Paolucci -- Chapter Four. Marx’s analytical procedures / Paolucci -- Chapter Five. Marx’s conceptual doublets / Paolucci -- Chapter Six. Marx’s models / Paolucci -- Chapter Seven. From political economy to the communist project / Paolucci -- Chapter Eight. Recovering Marx / Paolucci -- References / Paolucci -- Index / Paolucci.

Sommario/riassunto

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.