{"product_id":"social-structure-and-forms-of-conciousness-volume-2-the-dialectic-of-structure-and-history-9781583672358","title":"Social Structure and Forms of Conciousness, Volume 2: The Dialectic of Structure and History","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn The Dialectic of Structure and History, Volume Two of Social Structure and Forms of Consciousness, Istv n M sz ros brings the comprehension of our condition and the possibility of emancipatory social action beyond the highest point reached to date. Building on the indicatory flashes of conceptual lightning in the Grundrisse and other works of Karl Marx, M sz ros sets out the relations of structure and agency, individual and society, base and superstructure, nature and history, in a dialectical totality open to the future.\u003cbr\u003eThe project is brought to its conclusion by means of critique, an analysis that shows not only the inadequacies of the thought critiqued but at the same time their social historical cause. The crucial questions are addressed through critique of the highest point of honest and brilliant thought in capital's ascending phase, that of Adam Smith, Kant, and Hegel, as well as the irrationalities and dishonesty of the apologists of the capital system's descending phase, such as Hayek and Popper. The dead ends of both L vi-Strauss's structuralism and post-modernism, arising from their denial of history, are placed in their context as capital-apologetics.\u003cbr\u003eWhat M sz ros, the leading Marxist philosopher of our times, has achieved is of world historical importance. He has cleared the philosophical ground to permit the illumination of a path to transcend the destructive death spiral of the capital system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIstvan Meszaros\u003c\/b\u003e is a world-renowned philosopher and critic. He left his native Hungary after the Soviet invasion of 1956. He is professor emeritus at the University of Sussex, where he held the chair of philosophy for fifteen years. Meszaros is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Challenge and Burden of Historical Time\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeyond Capital\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Work of Sartre\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMarx's Theory of Alienation\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Monthly Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492937044242,"sku":"9781583672358","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e10fc7ff-2968-488a-b4c5-171ac09cef52.jpg?v=1730615924","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/social-structure-and-forms-of-conciousness-volume-2-the-dialectic-of-structure-and-history-9781583672358","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}