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Toward a Dialectic of Philosophy and Organization: 45
Author(s): Eugene Gogol (Author)
- Publisher: Brill
- Publication Date: 22 Aug. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 408 pages
- ISBN-10: 9004224688
- ISBN-13: 9789004224681
Book Description
Toward a Dialectic of Philosophy and Organization is an exploration of Hegel’s dialectic and its radical re-creation in Marx’s thought within the context of revolutions and revolutionary organizations in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Does a dialectic in philosophy itself bring forth a dialectic in revolutionary organization? This question is explored via organizational practices in the Paris Commune, the 2nd International, the Russian Revolutions of 1905 and 1917, the Spanish Revolution of 1936-37 and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, as well as the theoretical-organizational concepts of such thinkers as Lassalle, Lenin, Luxemburg, Trotsky and Pannekoek.
“What Philosophic-Organizational Vantage Point Is Needed for Revolutionary Transformation Today?” is examined by engaging the theoretical arguments of a number of thinkers. Among them: Adorno, Dunayevskaya, Hardt and Negri, Holloway, Lebowitz, Lukcás, Mészáros and Postone.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Gogol’s argument is urgent and single-minded, and his materials refreshingly original. [A] wonderful book.” – Ben Watson, in: Radical Philosophy 182 (Nov/Dec 2013)
“Toward a Dialectic ought to be taken as an important contribution to an on-going project to reveal the logic of the development of emancipatory organization.” – Andy Blunden, in: Marx & Philosophy (31 January 2013)
“Toward a Dialectic ought to be taken as an important contribution to an on-going project to reveal the logic of the development of emancipatory organization.” – Andy Blunden, in: Marx & Philosophy (31 January 2013)
About the Author
Eugene Gogol is a Marxist-Humanist activist-writer. His books include The Concept of Other in Latin American Liberation and Raya Dunayevskaya: Philosopher of Marxist-Humanism.
