The Marxist Philosophy and the Sciences
1942, J B S Haldane's Muirhead lectures on political philosophy of 1938
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Printing Details
First edition, third impression (in a second impression wrapper). Hardback in dustwrapper. 19 × 12.5cm, 183pp.
"Is the universe expanding? Is man a machine? Does natural Selection explain evolution? Do atoms exhibit freedom? These are generally thought to be scientific questions to be settled entirely by observation and experiment. Professor Haldane believes that a study of Marx and Engels will help in their solution. Some readers will accuse him of betraying the right of science to be free from authority, and of attempting to lead it back to a new and darker medievalism. Others will think that he has made out his case and that the general principles which Marx laid down in his fields of economics and politics also hold in the natural sciences.
The book is therefore likely to become the centre of a violent controversy. It is not, however, written in a controversial style. The author does not accuse his opponents of being lackeys of the bourgeoisie, but is mainly occupied in the attempt to show that Marxism has a positive value both for those who are engaged in advancing science and for those who are teaching it."
Condition
The book is in very good condition, with some age-related toning to the pages from the wartime economy paper. The dustwrapper is lightly tanned to the spine but remains in very good order and has not been price-clipped.
Price
£35.00
