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The Dual Character of Marxian Social Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

Donald Clark Hodges
Donald Clark Hodges*
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University of Missouri
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Abstract

For the purpose of understanding recent developments in Soviet historiography, it is necessary to consider its philosophical basis in the classic works of Marx and Engels. Especially pertinent are the normative orientations and epistemic foundations of Marxian social science, and the relevance of scientific socialism and historical materialism to the leading principles of not only Marxian historiography, but also political economy. Of basic importance is the dual commitment of socialist humanism to both the common good and the partisan interests of a particular class, and the dual character of materialist dialectics in its effort to be scientifically impartial and intellectually partisan at the same time. Also revealing is the high degree of correlation between “vulgar Marxist” partisanship in the social sciences and ultra-leftist heterodoxy and between “formalism” or “academicism” in social science and revisionist political persuasions.

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Philosophy of Science , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , October 1962 , pp. 333 - 349
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Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1962

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