Dialectics Of Nature
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Some moisture damage
Condition remarks: front and rear hinges cracked with net showing, no loose pages. pages yellowed with some light moisture stains on the bottom book block, otherwise text remain legible.
A landmark in the history of materialist philosophy, Dialectics of Nature is Friedrich Engels' ambitious and unfinished masterwork, written between 1872 and 1882, in which he argues that the laws of dialectics — the very same forces Marx applied to history and economics — govern the natural world itself. Confronting the cutting-edge science of his era, from thermodynamics and evolution to mathematics and electricity, Engels presents a sweeping critique of mechanistic thinking and champions a unified, dynamic view of nature in perpetual motion and transformation. Written with the polemical vigour and intellectual rigour that defined the Marxist tradition, the text moves seamlessly between scientific analysis and philosophical argument, challenging the rigid boundaries between disciplines. Published posthumously from a collection of manuscripts and notes, Dialectics of Nature remains one of the most provocative and debated works in the canon of Marxist literature, drawing both fierce admiration and sharp criticism from scientists and philosophers alike. Engels illustrates how concepts such as the negation of the negation and the transformation of quantity into quality manifest not just in human society, but in the very chemistry of matter and the biology of life. Its Moscow 1954 edition, distributed in Great Britain by Lawrence and Wishart, reflects the work's enduring political and intellectual significance during the Cold War era — leaving the reader to wrestle with a fundamental question: can the same laws that shape history also govern the cosmos?
Author: Frederick Engels
Format: Hardback
Published: 1955, Foreign Languages Publishing House (1954) / Lawrence & Wishart (1955)
Genre: Philosophy
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Some moisture damage
Condition remarks: front and rear hinges cracked with net showing, no loose pages. pages yellowed with some light moisture stains on the bottom book block, otherwise text remain legible.
A landmark in the history of materialist philosophy, Dialectics of Nature is Friedrich Engels' ambitious and unfinished masterwork, written between 1872 and 1882, in which he argues that the laws of dialectics — the very same forces Marx applied to history and economics — govern the natural world itself. Confronting the cutting-edge science of his era, from thermodynamics and evolution to mathematics and electricity, Engels presents a sweeping critique of mechanistic thinking and champions a unified, dynamic view of nature in perpetual motion and transformation. Written with the polemical vigour and intellectual rigour that defined the Marxist tradition, the text moves seamlessly between scientific analysis and philosophical argument, challenging the rigid boundaries between disciplines. Published posthumously from a collection of manuscripts and notes, Dialectics of Nature remains one of the most provocative and debated works in the canon of Marxist literature, drawing both fierce admiration and sharp criticism from scientists and philosophers alike. Engels illustrates how concepts such as the negation of the negation and the transformation of quantity into quality manifest not just in human society, but in the very chemistry of matter and the biology of life. Its Moscow 1954 edition, distributed in Great Britain by Lawrence and Wishart, reflects the work's enduring political and intellectual significance during the Cold War era — leaving the reader to wrestle with a fundamental question: can the same laws that shape history also govern the cosmos?