Marx in the Mid-Twentieth Century

Marx in the Mid-Twentieth Century: A Yugoslav Philosopher Reconsiders Karl Marx's Writings (Serbo-Croatian: Filozofija i marksizam; literally: Philosophy and Marxism) is a 1965 book about the philosopher Karl Marx by the philosopher Gajo Petrović.

Marx in the Mid-Twentieth Century: A Yugoslav Philosopher Reconsiders Karl Marx's Writings
Cover of the first edition
AuthorGajo Petrović
Original titleFilozofija i marksizam
TranslatorGajo Petrović
CountryYugoslavia
LanguageSerbo-Croatian
SubjectKarl Marx
Published
  • 1965 (in Serbo-Croatian)
  • 1967 (Anchor Books, in English)
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages237 (1967 Anchor Books edition)

The book was positively reviewed.

Summary

Petrović discusses the relevance of the philosopher Karl Marx's thought to contemporary philosophy. He discusses "the relationship between philosophy and Marxism, the essence and development of Marx's thought and the difference between creative and dogmatic Marxism", as well as subjects such as praxis, freedom, socialism, and humanism, and issues of ontology and epistemology, such as being, truth, knowledge, logic, and mathematics.[1]

Publication history

Marx in the Mid-Twentieth Century was published by Anchor Books in 1967.[2]

Reception

Marx in the Mid-Twentieth Century received a positive review from Edward D. Wilde in American Political Science Review.[3] The book was also discussed by Hwa Yol Jung in Continental Philosophy Review.[4]

The philosophers Joseph Bien and Heinz Paetzold identified Petrović as Croatia's leading 20th-century philosopher. They stated that Marx in the Mid-Twentieth Century is, together with Philosophie und Revolution, one of the works for which he is best remembered.[5] Petrović's treatment of Marx's theory of history has been commended for its care by the political theorist Norman Geras.[6]

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See also

References
  1. Petrović 1967, p. 5.
  2. Petrović 1967, p. 4.
  3. Wilde 1968, p. 613–614.
  4. Jung 2011, p. 321–328.
  5. Bien & Paetzold 2017, p. 857.
  6. Geras 1983, pp. 19, 117.

Bibliography
Books
  • Bien, Joseph; Paetzold, Heinz (2017). "Praxis school". In Audi, Robert (ed.). The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, Third Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-64379-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Geras, Norman (1983). Marx and Human Nature: Refutation of a Legend. London: Verso Editions. ISBN 0 86091 767 3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Petrović, Gajo (1967). Marx in the Mid-Twentieth Century. Garden City, New York: Anchor Books.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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