The principle of contradiction : on the theory of dialectical materialism / Edward Conze ; translated by Holger R. Heine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conze, Edward, 1904-1979, author.

Standardized Title:

Satz vom Widerspruch. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Conze, Edward, 1904-1979.

Conze, Edward.

Contradiction.

Dialectical materialism.

Physical Description:

lxxv, 483 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2016]

Language Note:

Translated from the German.

Summary:

Edward Conze's monograph The Principle of: Contradiction is his most important philosophical work and the foundation for his later publications as a Buddhist scholar and translator. The openly Marxist work was published under considerable risk to both printer and author alike in December 1932 in Hamburg, Germany. Only months later, in May 1933, almost all five hundred copies of the first edition were destroyed during the Nazi book-burning campaign. Only now, more than eighty years later, Conze's key philosophical work is made available to a broad audience in this English translation. In this work, Conze sets out to develop a detailed account of the historical and material conditions that support the emergence, production, and transmission of theoretical knowledge-as exemplified by the principle of contradiction-and, furthermore, to show that under different social and historical conditions the allegedly necessary truth and indubitable content of the principle would dissolve and be replaced by a radically different understanding of the principle of contradiction-a dialectic understanding of the principle that would compel a rejection of the Aristotelian dogma. From a Marxist perspective, the analysis and critique of the principle of contradiction is a crucial and necessary step toward a dialectical understanding of philosophical (and political) theory and practice. Conze's monograph, which attempts to clear the ground for a deeper understanding of the very foundation of classical Marxist thought, may very well be the most comprehensive Marxist critique of the Aristotelian principle of contradiction available to this day. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Formulation of the Principle of Contradiction and Its Psychological Realization 3

Chapter 2 The Principle of Contradiction and the Principle of Identity 87

Chapter 3 Arguments for the Validity of the Principle of Contradiction 165.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-474) and index.

ISBN:

0739127128

9780739127124

OCLC:

946160572