Praxis

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxvii

   PDF

2. Philosophy, Dialectics, and Historical Materialism

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

      PDF

   2. Dialectic Today

      • Mihailo Marković

      Pages 3-43

   3. The Meaning of Marx’s Philosophy

      • Milan Kangrga

      Pages 45-61

   4. A Tension in Historical Materialism

      • Svetozar Stojanovic

      Pages 63-79

   5. Some One-Sided Conceptions of Social Determinism

      • Vojin Milić

      Pages 81-88

   6. Historical Science and the Philosophy of History

      • Jovan Arandjelović

      Pages 89-97

3. Society, Politics and Revolution

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99

      PDF

   2. Homo Politicus

      • Mihailo Djurić

      Pages 101-119

   3. Political Dictatorship: The Conflict of Politics and Society

      • Andrija Krešić

      Pages 121-137

   4. Revolution and Terror

      • Danko Grlić

      Pages 139-150

   5. The Philosophical Concept of Revolution

      • Gajo Petrović

      Pages 151-164

4. Culture, Ideas and Religion

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165

      PDF

   2. Culture As a Bridge Between Utopia and Reality

      • Zagorka Golubović

      Pages 167-185

   3. Between Two Types of Modern Culture

      • Miladin Životić

      Pages 187-197

   4. Ideas and Life

      • Djuro Šušnjić

      Pages 199-208

   5. The Withering Away of Religion in Socialism

      • Branko Bošnjak

      Pages 209-215

   6. Culture and Revolution

      • Dobrica Cosic

      Pages 217-225

5. Socialism, Bureaucracy and Self-Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 227-227

      PDF

   2. Theoretical Foundations for the Idea of Self-Management

      • Predrag Vranicki

      Pages 229-247

This volume of the Boston Studies is a distillation of one of the most creative and important movements in contemporary social theory. The articles repre­ sent the work of the so-called 'Praxis' group in Yugoslavia, a heterogeneous movement of philosophers, sociologists, political theorists, historians, and cul­ tural critics, united by a common approach: that of social theory as a critical and scientific enterprise, closely linked to questions of contemporary practical life. As the introductory essay explains, in its history and analysis of the development of this group, the name Praxis focuses on the heart of Marx's social theory - the conception of human beings as creative, productive makers and shapers of their own history. The journal Praxis, which appeared regularly in Yugoslavia at Zagreb, and also in an International Edition for many years, is the source of many of these articles. The journal had to suspend publication in 1975 because of political pressures in Yugoslavia. Eight members of the group were dismissed from their University posts in Belgrade, after a long struggle in which their colleagues stood by them staunchly. Yet the creativity and productivity of the group continues, by those in Belgrade and elsewhere. Its contributions to the social sciences, and to the very conception of social science as critical and applied theory, remain vivid, timely and innovative. The importance of the theoretical work of the Praxis group is perhaps at its height now.

• Contemporary Social Theory
• materialism
• politics
• science
• social theory
• socialism
• utopia

Policies and ethics