| 13 | FOREWORD |
| Chapter I | |
| THE ROLE OF PHILOSOPHY IN SOCIETY | |
| 15 | [introduction.] |
| 15 | 1. Philosophy as a World Outlook |
| 24 | 2. Philosophy as Methodology |
| 26 | 3. Philosophy and Man’s Practical Activities |
| 27 | 4. The Subject-Matter of Philosophy |
| 27 | 5. Philosophy and Special Sciences |
| 29 | 6. The Partisanship of Philosophy |
| Chapter II | |
| THE STRUGGLE OF MATERIALISM AGAINST IDEALISM IN THE PRE-MARXIAN PHILOSOPHY | |
| 31 | 1. The Emergence of Philosophy |
| 33 | 2. The Struggle Between Materialism and Idealism in Slave-Owning Society |
| 41 | 3. The Struggle of Materialism Against Idealism in Medieval Philosophy |
| 44 | 4. The Materialism of the 17th and 18th Centuries and Its Struggle Against Religion and Idealism |
| 58 | 5. Classical German Philosophy at the End of the 18th and in the First Half of the 19th Centuries |
| 70 | 6. The Philosophy of 19th-century Russian Revolutionary Democrats |
| Chapter III | |
| THE REVOLUTIONARY UPHEAVAL IN PHILOSOPHY MADE BY MARXISM | |
| 75 | 1. The Conditions for the Emergence of Marxist Philosophy |
| 79 | 2. The Substance of the Revolutionary Upheaval Made by Marx and Engels in Philosophy |
| 85 | 3. The Development of Marxist Philosophy by Lenin |
| 93 | Dialectical materialism |
| Chapter IV | |
| MATTER AND CONSCIOUSNESS | |
| 95 | 1. A Critique of the Idealist and Metaphysical Views of Matter |
| 97 | 2. Lenin’s Definition of Matter |
| 98 | 3. Material Entity. Types of Matter |
| 100 | 4. Matter and the Material |
| 100 | 5. Matter as Substance |
| 102 | 6. Motion—a Universal Form of the Existence of Matter |
| 111 | 7. Space and Time |
| 117 | 8. Reflection as a Universal Property of Matter |
| 119 | 9. Development of the Forms of Reflection |
| 121 | 10. Peculiarities of the Psychological Form of Reflection |
| 123 | 11. Consciousness—the Highest Form of the Psychic Reflection of Reality |
| Chapter V | |
| KNOWLEDGE | |
| 133 | 1. The Essence of Knowledge |
| 135 | 2. Practice as the Basis of Knowledge |
| 138 | 3. The Dialectical Way of Knowledge |
| 156 | 4. Forms and Methods of Scientific Knowledge (Cognition) |
| Chapter VI | |
| CATEGORIES OF MATERIALIST DIALECTICS | |
| 175 | 1. The Concept of Category |
| 177 | 2. The Interconnection of Categories |
| 185 | 3. The Interconnection of Phenomena |
| 191 | 4. The Individual, the Particular and the Universal |
| 199 | 5. Cause and Effect |
| 208 | 6. Necessity and Accident (Chance) |
| 215 | 7. Law |
| 223 | 8. Content and Form |
| 231 | 9. Essence and Phenomenon |
| 237 | 10. Possibility and Reality |
| Chapter VII | |
| THE BASIC LAWS OF DIALECTICS | |
| 246 | [introduction.] |
| 247 | 1. The Law of the Transition of Quantitative to Qualitative Changes |
| 259 | 2. The Law of the Unity and “Struggle” of Opposites |
| 273 | 3. The Law of the Negation of Negation |
| 283 | Historical materialism |
| Chapter VIII | |
| THE SUBJECT-MATTER OF HISTORICAL MATERIALISM | |
| 285 | 1. Historical Materialism as a Part of Marxist Philosophy |
| 287 | 2. Historical Materialism and the Other Social Sciences |
| 289 | 3. The Limitations of Pre-Marxian Sociological Views |
| 298 | 4. The Development of Sociology into a Science |
| 301 | 5. Historical Necessity and People’s Conscious Activity |
| Chapter IX | |
| SOCIETY AND NATURE | |
| 306 | 1. On the Unity of Society and Nature |
| 309 | 2. On Nature’s Impact on Society |
| 314 | 3. Society’s Influence on Nature |
| 316 | 4. The Role of Population Growth in the Life of Society |
| Chapter X | |
| MATERIAL PRODUCTION AS THE BASIS OF SOCIETY’S EXISTENCE AND DEVELOPMENT | |
| 320 | 1. The Concept of Production |
| 323 | 2. The Productive Forces of Society |
| 329 | 3. Relations of Production |
| 334 | 4. Dialectics of the Development of Productive Forces and Relations of Production |
| Chapter XI | |
| THE BASIS AND SUPERSTRUCTURE | |
| 348 | [introduction.] |
| 348 | 1. Specific Features of the Basis and Superstructure |
| 353 | 2. The Patterns of Development and Replacement of the Basis and Superstructure |
| 356 | 3. Specific Features of the Basis and Superstructure Under Socialism |
| Chapter XII | |
| CLASSES AND CLASS RELATIONS | |
| 359 | [introduction.] |
| 361 | 1. Lenin’s Definition of Classes |
| 364 | 2. The Origin of Classes |
| 369 | 3. A Critique of the Theory of Stratification and Social Mobility |
| 372 | 4. Society’s Class Structure |
| 379 | 5. The Class Struggle as a Motive Force in the Development of Antagonistic Society |
| 386 | 6. The Objective Conditions for the Abolition of Classes |
| Chapter XIII | |
| THE POLITICAL ORGANISATION OF SOCIETY | |
| 390 | 1. The Political Organisation of Society as a Concept |
| 390 | 2. The Origin and Essence of the State: A Critique of Non-Marxist Theories |
| 395 | 3. The Origin and Essence of the State |
| 398 | 4. Types and Forms of the State |
| 401 | 5. Specific Features of the Socialist State |
| 408 | 6. Objective Conditions for the Withering Away of the State |
| Chapter XIV | |
| SOCIAL REVOLUTION | |
| 411 | 1. Social Revolution as a Form of Transition From One Socio-Economic Class System to Another |
| 413 | 2. The Objective and Subjective Preconditions for a Social Revolution |
| 415 | 3. The Character and Driving Forces of a Social Revolution |
| 416 | 4. A Socialist Revolution |
| Chapter XV | |
| SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND ITS FORMS | |
| 428 | 1. The Essence of Social Being and Social Consciousness |
| 434 | 2. The Relative Independence of Social Consciousness |
| 435 | 3. The Influence of Social Consciousness on Social Being |
| 437 | 4. The Structure of Social Consciousness |
| 441 | 5. Political Ideology |
| 445 | 6. Legal Consciousness |
| 449 | 7. Morality |
| 462 | 8. The Arts |
| 470 | 9. Religion |
| 475 | 10. Science |
| Chapter XVI | |
| THE ROLE OF THE MASSES AND THE INDIVIDUAL IN HISTORY. SOCIETY AND THE INDIVIDUAL | |
| 483 | 1. The Masses as a Decisive Force of Social Progress |
| 489 | 2. The Role of the Personality in History |
| 493 | 3. Society and the Individual |
| Chapter XVII | |
| SOCIAL PROGRESS | |
| 499 | 1. The Concept of Social Progress |
| 505 | 2. The Objective Criterion of Social Progress |
| 508 | 3. Socio-Economic Systems as Stages of Society’s Progress |
| 515 | 4. The Specific Features of Progress in Exploiting Society |
| 517 | 5. The Specific Features of Progress Under Socialism |
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