Karl Kosík and the dialectics of the concrete / / edited by Joseph Grim Feinberg, Ivan Landa, Jan Mervart.

• Superior document: Historical materialism book series ; Volume 243
• TeilnehmendeR: Feinberg, Joseph Grim,; Landa, Ivan (Philosopher),; Mervart, Jan,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Historical materialism book series ; Volume 243.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 394 pages)
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9789004503243; 9004503242
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Joseph Grim Feinberg, Ivan Landa, Jan Mervart.

Karel Kosík (1926-2003) was one of the most remarkable Czech Marxist philosophers of the twentieth century. His reputation as a creative thinker is owed largely to his philosophical 'blockbuster' Dialectics of the Concrete , first published in Czechoslovakia in 1963. In reintroducing Kosík's philosophy to English-speaking readers, we show that Kosík's work is important not only as a leading intellectual document of the Prague Spring, but also as an original theoretical contribution with international impact that sheds light on the meaning of labour and praxis, democracy and economic structure, dialectics and the crises of modernity. Contributors include: Ian Angus, Siyaves Azeri, Vít Bartoš, Jan Černý, Joseph Grim Feinberg, Diana Fuentes, Gabriella Fusi, Tomáš Hermann, Tomáš Hříbek, Xiaohan Huang, Peter Hudis, Petr Kužel, Ivan Landa, Michael Löwy, Jan Mervart, Anselm K. Min, Tom Rockmore, Francesco Tava, and Xinruo Zhang.