On the Transit from Positivism to Marxism: «Essays of Materialist Sociology» by E. A. Engel
https://doi.org/10.25205/2541-7517-2022-20-2-181-192
Abstract
In the context of philosophical discussions of the 1920s, the authors examine the texts of E. Engel with a view to identifying the relationship between the philosophical views of the author and his methodological principles. The paper traces both the repulsion and interpenetration of the pre-revolutionary positivist attitudes of E. A. Engel with the new Marxist methodology, within the framework of which his works of the Soviet period were written. The key points along which the participants in the controversy and the doctrines they represent were demarcated are assessed. The conclusion is made about the historical futility of Engel’s specific constructions, but the preservation of the general perspective of studying eclectic doctrines as an inevitable product of transitional eras.
About the Authors
D. P. Mochalov
Orenburg State Pedagogical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dmitrii P. Mochalov, Master degree Specialist of the department of scientific programs, grants and contractual activities
Orenburg
I. V. Nevzorova
Orenburg State Pedagogical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Inna V. Nevzorova, Candidate of historical sciences, associate professor; Associate professor of the sub-department of the history of Russia
Orenburg
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Mochalov D.P., Nevzorova I.V. On the Transit from Positivism to Marxism: «Essays of Materialist Sociology» by E. A. Engel. Siberian Journal of Philosophy. 2022;20(2):181-192. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25205/2541-7517-2022-20-2-181-192
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