{"product_id":"dialectical-materialism-paperback","title":"Dialectical Materialism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenri Lefebvre\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the aim of widening the scope of Marxist theory, Henri Lefebvre finished \u003ci\u003eDialectical Materialism\u003c\/i\u003e just before the beginning of World War II and the Resistance movement against the Vichy regime. As the culmination of Lefebvre's interwar activities, the book highlights the tension-fraught relationship between Lefebvre and the French Communist Party (PCF). For Lefebvre, unlike for the PCF, Marxism was above all a dynamic movement of theory and practice. \u003ci\u003eDialectical Materialism\u003c\/i\u003e is an implicit response to Joseph Stalin's \u003ci\u003eDialectical and Historical Materialism\u003c\/i\u003e and an attempt to show that the Stalinist understanding of the concept was dogmatic and oversimplified. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This edition contains a new introduction by Stefan Kipfer, explaining the book's contemporary ramifications in the ever-expanding reach of the urban in the twentieth-century Western world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenri Lefebvre (1901-1991) was heralded in \u003ci\u003eRadical Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e as \"the most prolific of French Marxist intellectuals\"; he was a sociologist, philosopher, activist, and public intellectual.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 6.7 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42689775665215,"sku":"9780816656189","price":46.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9a1f80a297363a94545197f78808e9f3.webp?v=1764986674","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/dialectical-materialism-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}