History and Structure: An Essay on Hegelian-Marxist and Structuralist Theories of History (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought) - Softcover

Schmidt, Alfred

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0262690837 ISBN 13: 9780262690836

Publisher: MIT Press, 1983

Synopsis

Well-written, clear and informed, the study does much to clarify the present discourse between the Frankfurt School's critical theorists and the structuralisms.

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Review

" Schmidt quietly and convincingly settles accounts with Althusser's structuralism; this is a scrupulous addition to the recent literature on Marxism." - Russell Jacoby

" Schmidt, one of the leading commentators on the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, defines a theory of history that is an epistemology of materialist historical thought. Dividing his study into two parts, he deals in the first half with historical texts of Hegel and Marx; he posits that Marx's work is at the same time theory and epistemology, and he supports his arguments by references to Horkheimer, Adorno, Feuerbach, and others. His defense of the Hegelian concept of 'dialectical mediation' of logic and history is particularly persuasive. In the second half of the book, Schmidt attacks Althusserian and other structuralists' theories, but appropriates part of them. Well-written, clear and informed, the study does much to clarify the present discourse between the Frankfurt School's critical theorists and the structuralisms." - "The Antioch Review"

& quot; Schmidt quietly and convincingly settles accounts with Althusser's structuralism; this is a scrupulous addition to the recent literature on Marxism.& quot; - Russell Jacoby

& quot; Schmidt, one of the leading commentators on the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, defines a theory of history that is an epistemology of materialist historical thought. Dividing his study into two parts, he deals in the first half with historical texts of Hegel and Marx; he posits that Marx's work is at the same time theory and epistemology, and he supports his arguments by references to Horkheimer, Adorno, Feuerbach, and others. His defense of the Hegelian concept of 'dialectical mediation' of logic and history is particularly persuasive. In the second half of the book, Schmidt attacks Althusserian and other structuralists' theories, but appropriates part of them. Well-written, clear and informed, the study does much to clarify the present discourse between the Frankfurt School's critical theorists and the structuralisms.& quot; - The Antioch Review

"Schmidt, one of the leading commentators on the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, defines a theory of history that is an epistemology of materialist historical thought. Dividing his study into two parts, he deals in the first half with historical texts of Hegel and Marx; he posits that Marx's work is at the same time theory and epistemology, and he supports his arguments by references to Horkheimer, Adorno, Feuerbach, and others. His defense of the Hegelian concept of 'dialectical mediation' of logic and history is particularly persuasive. In the second half of the book, Schmidt attacks Althusserian and other structuralists' theories, but appropriates part of them. Well-written, clear and informed, the study does much to clarify the present discourse between the Frankfurt School's critical theorists and the structuralisms."-- "The Antioch Review"

"Schmidt quietly and convincingly settles accounts with Althusser's structuralism; this is a scrupulous addition to the recent literature on Marxism.--Russell Jacoby

Edition details

• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262690837
• ISBN 13: 9780262690836
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176