"The Principles of Philosophy" (1989 Soviet work in English, PDF)

[Ismail]

https://archive.org/details/RakitovThePrinciplesOfPhilosophy

Scanned by someone I know.

[Cliff Paul]

heh

[QueerVanguard]

Is it really worth reading? Can anyone write a description of it before I waste time reading it.

[Ismail]

Is it really worth reading? Can anyone write a description of it before I waste time reading it.It's a Soviet introduction to philosophy written two years before the USSR ceased to exist. Obviously it has at least some grounding in Marxist analysis. There's not much else to say.

For a "Stalinist" (i.e. when Stalin was alive) introduction to philosophy see: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1ZP6ZurgOg-aEJFajNGOW0xdjA/view?usp=drive_web

[QueerVanguard]

It's a Soviet introduction to philosophy written two years before the USSR ceased to exist. Obviously it has at least some grounding in Marxist analysis. There's not much else to say.

For a "Stalinist" (i.e. when Stalin was alive) introduction to philosophy see: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1ZP6ZurgOg-aEJFajNGOW0xdjA/view?usp=drive_web

thnx. can't say I wanna read a book published during the reign of a antiLGBTQ bigot but thnx any way.

[Cliff Paul]

thnx. can't say I wanna read a book published during the reign of a antiLGBTQ bigot but thnx any way.

So do you not read books at all then?

[G4b3n]

thnx. can't say I wanna read a book published during the reign of a antiLGBTQ bigot but thnx any way.

Damn that does make for a very small library.

[Tim Redd]

It's a Soviet introduction to philosophy written two years before the USSR ceased to exist. Obviously it has at least some grounding in Marxist analysis. There's not much else to say.

There was nothing close to a socialist much less communist society in Russia in 1989. If it barely existed at the time of Stalin's death in 1953 it was definitely gone when Khrushchev took the reigns a few years later.

The primary socio-economic formation that existed in 1989 in the Soviet Union was a socialism in name, capitalism in practice society. Many called it a state-capitalism, or social-imperialist society. The capitalist were the upper and mid level elite of the communist party. They made themselves fat at the expense of the fruits of working class and automated labor. They also profited from agriculture and other organized production systems.

Mid era Stalin philosophy tended toward a mechanical non and even anti dialectical approach to materialism.

[Ismail]

The primary socio-economic formation that existed in 1989 in the Soviet Union was a socialism in name, capitalism in practice society. Many called it a state-capitalism, or social-imperialist society. The capitalist were the upper and mid level elite of the communist party. They made themselves fat at the expense of the fruits of working class and automated labor. They also profited from agriculture and other organized production systems.I'm aware, but that doesn't change the fact that the Soviet revisionists were obliged to rely to some extent on Marxism to justify their positions. I'm not saying "read this book because it's a perfect introduction to philosophy from a materialist perspective," I'm saying that people here should find it of some use despite the influences of revisionism.

[Tim Redd]

I'm aware, but that doesn't change the fact that the Soviet revisionists were obliged to rely to some extent on Marxism to justify their positions. I'm not saying "read this book because it's a perfect introduction to philosophy from a materialist perspective," I'm saying that people here should find it of some use despite the influences of revisionism.

"should find it of some use" as in necessarily do so? I find that in these circumstances the "in name only" group rarely if ever comes up with a useful contribution.

[Ceallach_the_Witch]

honestly i might be at more or less opposite poles to Ismail in many regards but i think its genuinely useful and indeed valuable historically to make documents like this available.