The Making of the Marxist Philosophy

Contents: Part One: From idealism and revolutionary democracy to dialectical materialism and scientific communism: 1. The shaping of the revolutionary democratic views of Marx and Engels and their philosophical substantiation. 2. Beginning of transition from idealism and revolutionary democracy to materialism and communism. 3. Final advance to the dialectico-materialist and communist world outlook. Part Two: The Foundations of Dialectical and Historical Materialism: 4. Theoretical substantiation of the dialectico-materialist and communist world outlook struggle against the philosophical and political conceptions of bourgeois radicalism. 5. Materialist substantiation of scientific socialism and critique of petty-bourgeois Utopianism.

The author offers a profound and comprehensive analysis of the development of the philosophical views of Marx and Engels. He traces their progress from idealist and revolutionary-democratic views to a dialectical-materialist and communist world outlook. He also discusses the revolutionary influence that Marxism has had on world philosophy. The book shows the emergence of Marxism as an integral philosophical doctrine whose component parts are organically linked. The author also examines the development of Marxist political economy and scientific communism.