The Dialectics of the Abstract and the Concrete in Marx\'s Capital

Contents: Preface. 1. The dialectical and metaphysical conception of the concrete. 2. The unity of the abstract and the concrete as a law of thought. 3. Ascent from the abstract to the concrete. 4. Logical development and concrete historicism. 5. The method of ascent from the abstract to the concrete in Marx\'s \'Capital\'. Name and Subject index.

"The book presents an integral Marxist conception of the dialectics and methodology of scientific theoretical cognition, of the dialectical interrelation between the abstract and the concrete, of the unity of the historical and the logical, of the correlation between dialectical and formal logic, etc. These problems are considered against the background of a profound philosophical analysis of Marx\'s Capital. The meaningful discussion of the material is accompanied by a critical analysis of various Non-Marxist philosophical trends (neopositivism, existentialism, and others). The book also touches on a number of controversial issues--the expression of real contradictions in concepts, the problem of the universal, and so on. The writer has set forth his ideas in a vivid, imaginative language."