Marxism and sociology : : a selection of writings by Kazimierz Kelles-Krauz / / edited by Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer ; essays translated by Jonathan Weber.

• Superior document: Studies in Critical Social Sciences, Volume 119
• TeilnehmendeR: Chmielewska-Szlajfer, Helena,; Weber, Jonathan,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2018.; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in critical social sciences ; Volume 119.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (261 pages).

Kazimierz Kelles-Krauz was an extraordinary figure on the Polish political scene at the turn of the 20th century. A Marxist and patriot, academic and politician, Kelles-Krauz was most known for his efforts to reconcile the needs of the nation with international socialism. This volume, however, offers a selection of his writings centred on the history of ideas, published for the first time in English. Kelles-Krauz’s works, while Marxist at heart, linked ideas stemming from the concepts of German idealists, French positivists, as well as contemporary sociologists who offered a bridge between research on individuals and the workings of social systems. Kelles-Krauz, however, repeatedly transcended Marxist tenets, focusing on the construction of traditions, social norms, and the social role of art. This edited volume was first published in Polish as Kazimierz Kelles-Krauz: Marksizm a socjologia. Wybór pism by Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego in 2014. This current work has been revised and translated into English.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- A Revised Introduction to the English Edition: Kazimierz Kelles-Krauzʼs Theory, Practice, and Purposeless Change / Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer -- The Sociological Law of Retrospection: The Law of Revolutionary Retrospection as a Consequence of Economic Materialism1,2 -- The Golden Age, State of Nature, and Development in Contradictions: From Studies into the Sources of Marxism1 -- Comtism and Marxism: Positivism and the Monistic Comprehension of History1 -- A Glance at the Development of Sociology in the 19th Century1 -- The Crisis of Marxism: On the So-Called ‘Crisis of Marxism’1,2 -- What is Economic Materialism?1 -- A Few Main Principles in the Development of Art1 -- Psychiatry and the Science of Ideas1 -- The Social Dialectic in Vico’s Philosophy1,2.