Materialism And Empirio-Criticism: Critical Comments On A Reactionary Philosophy
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Edition: 7th pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: minor marks and specks on the boards, internally sound.
At the crossroads of philosophy and political revolution stands one of the most formidable works of Marxist thought: Materialism and Empirio-criticism, a rigorous and uncompromising treatise in which Vladimir Ilyich Lenin mounts a systematic defence of dialectical materialism against the idealist currents threatening to undermine the theoretical foundations of the Russian Social-Democratic movement. Written in 1908 and published in 1909, the work directly confronts the philosophy of Ernst Mach and Richard Avenarius — a school of thought Lenin identifies as empirio-criticism — arguing with forensic precision that its rejection of objective reality amounts to a covert form of idealism incompatible with genuine scientific and revolutionary thought. Lenin's style is combative and relentless, marshalling vast citations from natural science, classical German philosophy, and contemporary political debate to construct an architecture of materialist epistemology. The text argues that matter exists independently of human perception, that consciousness is a product of the material world, and that any philosophy which casts doubt on objective reality serves, however unwittingly, the interests of reaction. A cornerstone of Leninist ideology and a defining document of 20th-century political philosophy, Materialism and Empirio-criticism continues to provoke debate about the nature of knowledge, reality, and the inseparable bond between philosophy and political power — leaving the reader to ask whether ideas alone can truly change the world.
Author: Lenin
Format: Hardback
Published: 1977, Progress Publishers, Moscow
Genre: Philosophy
Edition: 7th pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: minor marks and specks on the boards, internally sound.
At the crossroads of philosophy and political revolution stands one of the most formidable works of Marxist thought: Materialism and Empirio-criticism, a rigorous and uncompromising treatise in which Vladimir Ilyich Lenin mounts a systematic defence of dialectical materialism against the idealist currents threatening to undermine the theoretical foundations of the Russian Social-Democratic movement. Written in 1908 and published in 1909, the work directly confronts the philosophy of Ernst Mach and Richard Avenarius — a school of thought Lenin identifies as empirio-criticism — arguing with forensic precision that its rejection of objective reality amounts to a covert form of idealism incompatible with genuine scientific and revolutionary thought. Lenin's style is combative and relentless, marshalling vast citations from natural science, classical German philosophy, and contemporary political debate to construct an architecture of materialist epistemology. The text argues that matter exists independently of human perception, that consciousness is a product of the material world, and that any philosophy which casts doubt on objective reality serves, however unwittingly, the interests of reaction. A cornerstone of Leninist ideology and a defining document of 20th-century political philosophy, Materialism and Empirio-criticism continues to provoke debate about the nature of knowledge, reality, and the inseparable bond between philosophy and political power — leaving the reader to ask whether ideas alone can truly change the world.