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A contemporary examination of the past, present, and future of Marxist philosophy.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Post-hegemonic Marxism by Frank Cunningham Marxism in Philosophy--Philosophy in Marxism by Andras Gedo Is Marxism Guilty? by Mily N. Gretsky The Concept of Democracy in "Reunified" German Philosophy: A Survey of German Academic Opinion by Dorothy Spektorov McClellan and James E. McClellan, Jr. "Official Marxism" Has Failed in Russia, What Will Follow? by Vladimir N. Shevchenko Social Conflict: An Integration of Russian Marxism and Western Sociology by Anatoly Dmitriev Humanism as the Highest Value in the Integrational Process between East and West: Historical Aspects and the Contemporary Situation by Anna Petrovna Sertsova and Grigorii Dmitrievich Karpov Moral Content and Social Explanation: From the Perspective of Analytical Marxism by Robert Ware Marxism and the Problem of Violence by T.I. Oizerman Marxist Philosophy and the Society of the Future by Zaid Orudzhev The Concept of Self under Capitalism and Marxism, and the Demands of the 21st Century by Howard L. Parsons From a Thesis on Bertrand Russell to the Eleventh Thesis on Feuerbach: Philosophy as Biography by John J. Neumaier Selected Bibliography Index

About the Author

SARA F. LUTHER is a former Minnesota state legislator. Her writings include The United States and the Direct Broadcast Satellite (1988).

JOHN J. NEUMAIER is a former president of Moorhead State University and of the State University of New York College at New Paltz. He is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Social Theory, State University of New York Empire State College.

HOWARD L. PARSONS is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Bridgeport. He has published extensively on Marxist thought and religion.

Reviews

." . . A much needed and highly provocative contribution to one of the major philosophical as well as political controversies of our time."- Bertell Ollman, author Dialectical Investigations

"I have read the contributions to Diverse Perspectives, always with interest, often with agreement and sympathy. They show that there is at least as much future for Marxism as there was a place for it in the past."-Dirk J. Struik Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"No one concerned with the revival of Marxism, and with the shaping of human alternatives to both capitalism and authoritarianism, should miss this book!"- David Laibman, editor Science and Society

"This collection...is very much to be welcomed....(The contributors) show how very much alive Marxism is and something of how it can function as a guide in a world that very much needs a fundamental transformation."- Kai Nielsen Professor Emeritus of Philosophy University of Calgary, Canada