Dance of the Dialectic: Steps in Marx's Method by Bertell Ollman -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Epigraph Acknowledgments Introduction: Marxism, this Tale of Two Cities

I II III

Step 1

1. The Meaning of Dialectics

I II III IV V

Step 2

2. Social Relations as Subject Matter

I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX

3. The Philosophy of Internal Relations

I II III IV

4. In Defense of the Philosophy of Internal Relations

I II III

Step 3

I. The Problem: How to Think Adequately about Change and Interaction II. The Solution Lies in the Process of Abstraction III. How Marx's Abstractions Differ IV. The Philosophy of Internal Relations V. Three Modes of Abstraction: Extension VI. Level of Generality VII. And Vantage Point VIII. The Role of Abstractions in the Debates over Marxism

Step 4

I II III

7. Dialectic as Inquiry and Exposition

I II

8. Marxism and Political Science: Prolegomenon to a Debate on Marx's Method

I II IV V VI VII

I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX

Step 5

10. Critical Realism in Light of Marx's Process of Abstraction

I II III IV V

I II III IV V VI

I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII

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