Description: Karl Kosk and the Dialectics of the Concrete by Joseph Grim Feinberg, Ivan Landa, Jan Mervart Karel Kosk (1926-2003) reputation as a creative thinker is owed largely to his philosophical blockbuster Dialectics of the Concrete, first published in Czechoslovakia in 1963. In reintroducing Kosiks philosophy to English-speaking readers, Kosiks work is shown to be important not only as a leading intellectual document of the Prague Spring, but also as an original theoretical contribution with international impact that sheds light on the meaning of labour and praxis, cognition and economic structure, and revolution and the crises of modernity.Contributors include: Ian Angus, Siyaves Azeri, Vit Bartos, Jan erny, Joseph Grim Feinberg, Diana Fuentes, Gabriella Fusi, Tomas Hermann, Tomas Hibek, Xiaohan Huang, Peter Hudis, Petr Kuel, Ivan Landa, Michael Lowy, Jan Mervart, Anselm K. Min, Tom Rockmore, Francesco Tava, and Xinruo Zhang. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Joseph Grim Feinberg is a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of Czech Academy of Sciences. He is author of The Paradox of Authenticity and editor of Contradictions: A Journal for Critical Thought.Ivan Landa is a researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences. He has published articles and chapters on Hegel and the history of Marxism. He is a co-editor of the Collected Works of Karel Kosk planned for 7 volumes (in Czech).Jan Mervart is researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences. He has published monographs and articles on the intellectual history of Czechoslovakia. He is the co-editor of Czechoslovakism. Table of Contents Table of ContentsIAcknowledgementsNotes on AuthorsIntroduction Joseph Grim Feinberg, Ivan Landa, Jan MervartPart 1 The Reform Years and the Origins of Dialectics of the Concrete1 Karel Kosik as a Public Intellectual of the Reform Years Jan Mervart2 Karel Kosik and His Radical Democrats: The Janus Face of Dialectics of the ConcreteMoving from a Historical to a Systematic Approach to Philosophy Tomas HermannPart 2 Praxis and Labour3 Praxis in Progress: On the Transformations of Kosiks Thought Francesco Tava4 Labour and Time: Karel Kosiks Temporal Materialism Ivan Landa5 Inception of Culture from the Ontology of Labour: The Original Contribution of Karel Kosik to a Marxian Theory of Culture Ian Angus6 The Philosophy of Labour and Karel Kosiks Criticism of Care Siyaves Azeri7 Kosik, Lukacs and the Thing in Itself Tom RockmorePart 3 Modernity, Nation, and Globalisation8 The Ontological Dialectic and the Critique of Modernity: Based on the Interpretation of Kosiks Concrete Totality Xinruo Zhang and Xiaohan Huang9 And the Thing Itself Is Man: Radical Democracy and the Roots of Humanity Joseph Grim Feinberg10 The Dialectic of Concrete Totality in the Age of Globalisation: Karel Kosiks Dialectics of the Concrete Fifty Years Later Anselm K. MinPart 4 Intellectual Encounters11 Kosiks Notion of Positivism Tomas Hibek12 Kosiks Concept of Concrete Totality: A Structuralist Critique Vit Bartos13 The World of the Pseudoconcrete, Ideology and the Theory of the Subject (Kosik and Althusser) Petr Kuel14 Karel Kosik and Martin Heidegger: From Marxism to Traditionalism Jan ernyPart 5 Influence and Reception15 A Route of Critical Thought: Between Italian and Czech Intellectuals Gabriella Fusi16 Karel Kosik in Mexico: Adolfo Sanchez Vazquez and the Dialectics of the Concrete Diana Fuentes17 Karel Kosik and US Marxist Humanism Peter HudisPostscript: Looking Backwards18 Spirit of Resistance: Note for an Intellectual Biography of Karel Kosik Michael LowyReferencesIndex Promotional •Email campaign to Haymarkets growing number of mailing list subscribers•Promotion to the subscribers and supporters of the journal from which the book series derives•Academic marketing campaign to scholars in relevant fields, aiming to specifically target professors likely to assign the book to students•Reviews in relevant academic and left journals and periodicals•Virtual launch events bringing together authors and contributors from across the globe to the 35k subscribers to Haymarkets YouTube channel•Display and promotion at relevant academic and left conferences and events Long Description Karel Kosik (1926-2003) reputation as a creative thinker is owed largely to his philosophical blockbuster Dialectics of the Concrete, first published in Czechoslovakia in 1963. In reintroducing Kosiks philosophy to English-speaking readers, Kosiks work is shown to be important not only as a leading intellectual document of the Prague Spring, but also as an original theoretical contribution with international impact that sheds light on the meaning of labour and praxis, cognition and economic structure, and revolution and the crises of modernity. Contributors include: Ian Angus, Siyaves Azeri, Vit Bartos, Jan cerny, Joseph Grim Feinberg, Diana Fuentes, Gabriella Fusi, Tomas Hermann, Tomas Hribek, Xiaohan Huang, Peter Hudis, Petr Kuzel, Ivan Landa, Michael Lowy, Jan Mervart, Anselm K. Min, Tom Rockmore, Francesco Tava, and Xinruo Zhang. Description for Sales People A scholarly introduction to a Czech philosopher Karel Kosik, whose Dialectics of the Concrete was a major sensation in the Prague Spring and its aftermath. Likely of specialist interest, with some cross over potential for those interested in the Marxist strains of Humanist philosophy. Details ISBN1642598208 Author Jan Mervart Publisher Haymarket Books Format Paperback Pages 378 ISBN-13 9781642598209 Imprint Haymarket Books Place of Publication Chicago Country of Publication United States ISBN-10 1642598208 Series Historical Materialism Edited by Jan Mervart Year 2023 NZ Release Date 2023-03-16 UK Release Date 2023-03-16 DEWEY 199.437 Audience General AU Release Date 2023-05-08 Publication Date 2023-01-31 US Release Date 2023-01-31 Illustrations Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:140088320;
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