Collected Works of Chen Xindu. Volume 1: Walking into the Depth of History (Studies on Marx's Historical View)

Author: Chen Xian
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Towards the Depths of History (published in 1987) won the Special Prize of the Outstanding Achievements in Philosophy and Social Sciences of Beijing and the First Prize of the Outstanding Achievements in Humanities and Social Sciences Research of Higher Education in China. This book takes the exploration of human understanding of historical laws as its guiding principle, examining how Marx broke through the limitations of previous historical perspectives to delve into the depths of history—i.e., discovering the lawfulness of history—thus bringing about a revolutionary transformation in historical cognition. The book analyzes the theoretical value and internal contradictions of key categories and ideas in Marx's Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844, and conducts an in-depth discussion on the necessity of Marx's turn toward historical materialism.