Marx' Method, Epistemology, and Humanism

A Study in the Development of His Thought

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By: Philip J. Kain

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Published: 30th April 1986

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In recent writings on Marx one finds an increasing interest in his humanism. This phenomenon began in the third decade of our century as a reaction against the mechanistic and stereotyped image of Marx 1 characteristic of the Second International and of Stalinism. Lukacs, in History and Class Consciousness (1923), was one of the first to discover this new Marx, and he did so even before the most important 2 of the humanistic writings of the young Marx had been discovered. With the publication ofthese writings in 1932 - namely, the Economic 3 and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 - this new outlook was given enormous impetus. In these Manuscripts, Marx makes the human being the creator and the goal of alI reality. The objectification of the human essence through labor transforms both society and nature. Labor transforms its wor1d into a place which mirrors, unfolds, and confirms the human being. This humanism is a complex and many-faceted issue. In this book we will be concerned only with a certain part of it, i.e., the epistemology, method, and doctrine of nature which it involves. Other aspects of it - Marx' concept of alienation and his theory of labor and the state -have 4 been dealt with elsewhere.

One: The Development of Marx' Doctrine of Nature and Essence (1841-1845).- I. Metaphysics and Essence.- II. Doctrine of Nature and Essence.- III. Method.- IV. Epistemology.- a. Objective Perception.- b. Constitution and Reflection.- Two: The Method and Epistemology of Marx' Materialist View of the World (1845-1856).- I. Abandonment of the Doctrine of Essence.- II. Historical Materialism and Method.- III. Historical Materialism and Epistemology.- Three: Marx' Dialectical Method (1857-1883).- I. Dialectical Method.- II. Dialectical Method and Hegel.- III. Dialectical Method and Historical Materialism.- IV. Laws and Prediction.- V. Dialectical Method and Epistemology.- VI. Dialectical Method and a New Concept of Essence.- VII. Dialectical Method and the Later Writings.- VIII. Withering Way of Social Science.- IX. Science and Metaphysics.- Four: Engels and Dialectics.- I. Historical Materialism and Determinism.- II. Dialectical Method.- III. Epistemology.- IV. Dialectic of Nature.- Conclusion.- Abbreviations.- Notes.

ISBN: 9789027722232
ISBN-10: 9027722234
Series: Sovietica
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 197
Published: 30th April 1986
Publisher: Springer
Country of Publication: NL
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 15.5 x 1.2
Weight (kg): 1.05