THE PROBLEM OF OVERCOMING IN THE CREATIVE LEGACY OF KARL MARX
THE PROBLEM OF OVERCOMING IN THE CREATIVE LEGACY OF KARL MARX
Author(s): Andrey I. Matsyna, Anatoliy B. NevelevSubject(s): History of Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Special Branches of Philosophy
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk i Fundacja Filozofia na Rzecz Dialogu
Keywords: Karl Marx; Vladimir I. Plotnikov; overcoming man; phenomenon of overcoming; culture of overcoming; the first overcoming; the second overcoming; noth-ing of instinct; nothing of inanimate thingness
Summary/Abstract: The authors consider the phenomenon of overcoming and examines the culture of overcoming in Marxist dialectics. As the core thread for dealing with this issue in the writings of Karl Marx, the authors follows the research on the socio-biological problem carried out by Vladimir I. Plotnikov, a Russian representative of the Marxist dialectics. Examining Marx’s standpoint on the subject, Plotnikov provides an outline of the issue of overcoming. This issue is described as the issue of mankind overcoming its species’ boundaries and divided into the problems of the first and second overcoming. The first overcoming is defined as breaking out beyond the boundaries of instinctual activity, while the second—as the problem of removing the self-restrictions by an alienated person.
Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 233-244
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English
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