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Dialéctica de lo concreto: Estudio sobre los problemas del hombre y el mundo

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Kosik writes that the history of a text is in a certain sense the history of its interpretations. In the fifteen years that have passed since the fust (Czech) edition of his Dialectics of the Concrete, this book has been widely read and interpreted throughout Europe, in diverse centers of scholarship as well as in private studies. A faithful English language edition is long overdue. This publication of KosIk's work will surely provoke a range of new interpretations. For its theme is the characterization of science and of rationality in the context of the social roots of science and the social critique which an appropriately rational science should afford. Kosik's question How shall Karl Marx's understanding of science itself be understood? And how can it be further developed? In his treatment of the question of scientific rationality, Kosik drives bluntly into the issues of gravest human concern, not the least of which is how to avoid the pseudo-concrete, the pseudo-scientific, the pseudo-rational, the pseudo­ historical. Starting with Marx's methodological approach, of "ascending from the abstract to the concrete", Kosik develops a critique of positivism, of phenomenalist empiricism, and of "metaphysical" rationalism, counter­ posing them to "dialectical rationalism". He takes the category of the concrete in the dialectical sense of that which comes to be known by the active transformation of nature and society by human purposive activity.

212 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1963

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Karel Kosík

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Neomarxist philosopher. In his most famous philosophical work, Dialectics of the Concrete (1963), Kosík presents an original synthesis of Martin Heidegger's version of phenomenology and the ideas of Young Marx. His later essays can be called a sharp critique of the modern society from the leftist conservative position.

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146 reviews8 followers
April 4, 2024
Simplement, el millor que he llegit sobre dialèctica i uns dels millors textos marxistes pel que fa a la qüestió "filosòfica" en general. La manera com aborda la categoria de totalitat és magnífica i m'ha solucionat molts dels problemes que m'he anat trobant amb altres autors. Amb un parell de pàgines dedicades a l'art és més clar i profund que la gran part de marxistes que es barallen amb la superestructura. L'única cosa que em preocupa és que si m'agrada tant Kosík vol dir que soc una mica humanista(?) buf això no sé com gestionar-ho. Sigui com sigui us recomano molt la lectura tant de "Dialéctica de lo concreto" com de la resta d'articles presents en l'edició de 2cuadrados que he llegit. Petonets💖
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12 reviews
December 25, 2020
Ler Dialética do Concreto certamente não é tarefa fácil, tampouco rápida. A grandiosidade da obra reside em explicitar a problemática histórica da humanidade, de reproduzir espiritualmente as chaves tanto para compreensão de nossa realidade como para combate às mistificações recorrentes no mundo moderno. É de um calibre que não se esgota na primeira leitura - grande é a minha suspeita de que seja, na verdade, um livro para se revisitar constantemente durante nossa breve jornada dentro da História.
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30 reviews
October 21, 2023
Momento apoloxetico da edicion de Dos Cuadrados que inclue textos tan chulos como Razon y Conciencia, que me encantou
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August 28, 2020
Fragmenty, momenty, ruiny. Četba se mi míchá s návštěvou Hamburger Bahnhof a expozice děl Josepha Beuyse. Ale mohou existovat jen části bez celku? To je i to, na co odpovídá Kosík. Nejde myslet bez celku, vždy vidíme fragment skrz celek, ale je třeba to dělat vědomě a dialekticky.
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23 reviews1 follower
October 18, 2023
La verdad, me lo encontré de segunda mano y fue una joya. El libro es interesante, sin duda, pero hay varias concepciones que muestra y defiende que son problemáticas con el marxismo mismo. Aún así, se nota que el tío era listo.
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47 reviews
February 12, 2023
el libro más denso, duro y pesado que he leído jamás
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October 10, 2023
La tradición hegeliana y marxista tienen frente a ellas al mejor producto del pensamiento crítico. Grande Kosík.
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8 reviews1 follower
November 26, 2023
Un libro fundamental para romper con el dogmatismo soviético, estructuralista y reformista.
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January 15, 2025
Uma leitura densa, complexa e potente! Foi um ponto de virada para mim e, após a leitura, não pude deixar de enxergar o mundo de uma forma diferente.
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