Dialectic
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- | Broadly speaking, a '''dialectic''' is an exchange of propositions ([[thesis]]) and counter-'''''propositions ([[anti-thesis]])resulting''''' in a synthesis of the [[opposing]] [[assertion]]s or at least a qualitative transformation of the direction of the [[dialogue]]. A recent dialectic was ''[[Dialectic of Enlightenment]]''. When using the word "dialectic" philosophers usually refer to either the [[Socratic dialectic]]al method of [[cross-examination]], or to [[Hegelian Dialectic|Hegel's dialectical model]] of [[history]]. | + | Broadly speaking, a '''dialectic''' is an exchange of propositions ([[thesis]]) and counter-'''''propositions ([[anti-thesis]])resulting''''' in a synthesis of the [[opposing]] [[assertion]]s or at least a qualitative transformation of the direction of the [[dialogue]]. A recent dialectic was ''[[Dialectic of Enlightenment]]''. When using the word "dialectic" philosophers usually refer to either the [[Socratic dialectic]]al method of [[cross-examination]]; or to [[Hegelian Dialectic|Hegel's dialectical model]] of [[history]]; or to [[Marxist dialectic]]. |
==Marxist Dialectic== | ==Marxist Dialectic== |
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Broadly speaking, a dialectic is an exchange of propositions (thesis) and counter-propositions (anti-thesis)resulting in a synthesis of the opposing assertions or at least a qualitative transformation of the direction of the dialogue. A recent dialectic was Dialectic of Enlightenment. When using the word "dialectic" philosophers usually refer to either the Socratic dialectical method of cross-examination; or to Hegel's dialectical model of history; or to Marxist dialectic.
Marxist Dialectic
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels believed Hegel was "standing on his head", and claimed to put him back on his feet, ridding Hegel's logic of its idealist orientation, and conceiving what is now known as materialist or Marxist dialectics. The dialectical approach to the study of history then gave rise to historical materialism, the school of thought exemplified by the works of Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Trotsky. Dialectical method came to be seen as the vital foundation for any Marxist politics, through the work of Karl Korsch, Georg Lukacs and certain members of the Frankfurt School.
Under Stalinism, Marxist dialectics developed into what was called "diamat" (short for dialectical materialism), a system of thought which became increasingly dogmatic and thus intellectually bankrupt due to the overpowering influence of its attendant political ideology. Some Soviet academics, most notably Evald Ilyenkov, did continue with philosophical studies of the marxist dialectic free from ideological bias, as did a number of thinkers in the West.
See also: Dialectician, Universal Dialectic