The Illusion of the Epoch Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 47: Marxism-Leninism as a Philosophical Creed

Acton, Harold

ISBN 10: 0415555892 / ISBN 13: 9780415555890

Published by Routledge, 2009

About this Item

Discusses the metaphysics, ethics and intellectual tradition inaugurated by Marx and Engels and continued by Lenin and Stalin. This book also discusses Dialectical materialism and the social theories and ethics known as Scientific Socialism. Series: Routledge Library Editions: Political Science. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; JPFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 589. . 2009. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Illusion of the Epoch Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 47: Marxism-Leninism as a Philosophical Creed
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415555892
• ISBN 13: 9780415555890
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

British thinkers have considered Marxism primarily as a body of economic and social doctrine. They have concentrated attention on the class struggle and the alleged decline of capitalism but Marxism is also in a wide sense of the word, a system of thought and conduct comprising views about the principle purposes of human life. This book discusses this philosophy – the metaphysics, ethics and intellectual tradition inaugurated by Marx and Engels and continued by Lenin and Stalin. It first discusses Dialectical materialism and secondly the social theories and ethics known as Scientific Socialism.

About the Author

Harold B. Acton, Professor of Philosophy in the University of London .