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Overview
Raya Dunayevskaya is hailed as the founder of Marxist-Humanism in the United States. In this new collection of her essays co-editors Peter Hudis and Kevin B. Anderson have crafted a work in which the true power and originality of Dunayevskaya's ideas are displayed. This extensive collection of writings on Hegel, Marx, and dialectics captures Dunayevskaya's central dictum that, contrary to the established views of Hegelians and Marxists, Hegel was of signal importance to the theory and practice of Marxism. "The Power of Negativity" sheds light not only on Marxist-Humanism and the rooting of Dunayevskaya's Marxist-Humanist theories in Hegel, but also on the life of one of America's most penetrating and provocative critical thinkers.Author Biography: Peter Hudis is a Chicago-based independent scholar. He is the author of "Harry McShane and the Scottish Roots of Marxist-Humanism" (1995). Kevin B. Anderson is Professor of Sociology at Northern Illinois University. He is author of "Lenin, Hegel, and Western Marxim: A Critical Study" (1995).
Synopsis
Raya Dunayevskaya is hailed as the founder of Marxist-Humanism in the United States. In this new collection of her essays co-editors Peter Hudis and Kevin B. Anderson have crafted a work in which the true power and originality of Dunayevskaya's ideas are displayed. This extensive collection of writings on Hegel, Marx, and dialectics captures Dunayevskaya's central dictum that, contrary to the established views of Hegelians and Marxists, Hegel was of signal importance to the theory and practice of Marxism. "The Power of Negativity" sheds light not only on Marxist-Humanism and the rooting of Dunayevskaya's Marxist-Humanist theories in Hegel, but also on the life of one of America's most penetrating and provocative critical thinkers.
Author Biography: Peter Hudis is a Chicago-based independent scholar. He is the author of "Harry McShane and the Scottish Roots of Marxist-Humanism" (1995). Kevin B. Anderson is Professor of Sociology at Northern Illinois University. He is author of "Lenin, Hegel, and Western Marxim: A Critical Study" (1995).
Editorials
On The Introduction
The introduction by Peter Hudis and Kevin Anderson is a fine essay—so lucid and explicit yet sacrificing no complexity. It should be accessible to a range of people—students, or people recently stimulated to think about the nature of capitalism and the requirements of a different society, as well as longtime socialists who need the "placing" of Raya's thought as it's provided here.— Adrienne Rich