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Praxis

Yugoslav Essays in the Philosophy and Methodology of the Social Sciences

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  • © 1979

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Editors:
  1. Mihailo Marković
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  2. Gajo Petrović
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Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 36)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxvii
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  2. Philosophy, Dialectics, and Historical Materialism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Dialectic Today

      • Mihailo Marković
      Pages 3-43

    3. The Meaning of Marx’s Philosophy

      • Milan Kangrga
      Pages 45-61

    4. A Tension in Historical Materialism

      • Svetozar Stojanovic
      Pages 63-79

    5. Some One-Sided Conceptions of Social Determinism

      • Vojin Milić
      Pages 81-88

    6. Historical Science and the Philosophy of History

      • Jovan Arandjelović
      Pages 89-97

  3. Society, Politics and Revolution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
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    2. Homo Politicus

      • Mihailo Djurić
      Pages 101-119

    3. Political Dictatorship: The Conflict of Politics and Society

      • Andrija KreÅ¡ić
      Pages 121-137

    4. Revolution and Terror

      • Danko Grlić
      Pages 139-150

    5. The Philosophical Concept of Revolution

      • Gajo Petrović
      Pages 151-164

  4. Culture, Ideas and Religion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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    2. Culture As a Bridge Between Utopia and Reality

      • Zagorka Golubović
      Pages 167-185

    3. Between Two Types of Modern Culture

      • Miladin Životić
      Pages 187-197

    4. Ideas and Life

      • Djuro Å uÅ¡njić
      Pages 199-208

    5. The Withering Away of Religion in Socialism

      • Branko BoÅ¡njak
      Pages 209-215

    6. Culture and Revolution

      • Dobrica Cosic
      Pages 217-225

  5. Socialism, Bureaucracy and Self-Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 227-227
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    2. Theoretical Foundations for the Idea of Self-Management

      • Predrag Vranicki
      Pages 229-247
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About this book

This volume of the Boston Studies is a distillation of one of the most creative and important movements in contemporary social theory. The articles repre­ sent the work of the so-called 'Praxis' group in Yugoslavia, a heterogeneous movement of philosophers, sociologists, political theorists, historians, and cul­ tural critics, united by a common approach: that of social theory as a critical and scientific enterprise, closely linked to questions of contemporary practical life. As the introductory essay explains, in its history and analysis of the development of this group, the name Praxis focuses on the heart of Marx's social theory - the conception of human beings as creative, productive makers and shapers of their own history. The journal Praxis, which appeared regularly in Yugoslavia at Zagreb, and also in an International Edition for many years, is the source of many of these articles. The journal had to suspend publication in 1975 because of political pressures in Yugoslavia. Eight members of the group were dismissed from their University posts in Belgrade, after a long struggle in which their colleagues stood by them staunchly. Yet the creativity and productivity of the group continues, by those in Belgrade and elsewhere. Its contributions to the social sciences, and to the very conception of social science as critical and applied theory, remain vivid, timely and innovative. The importance of the theoretical work of the Praxis group is perhaps at its height now.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Praxis

  • Book Subtitle: Yugoslav Essays in the Philosophy and Methodology of the Social Sciences

  • Editors: Mihailo Marković, Gajo Petrović

  • Series Title: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9355-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1979

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0727-7Published: 30 September 1979

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0968-4Published: 30 September 1979

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-9355-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0068-0346

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7942

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXVIII, 416

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of the Social Sciences

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