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Dialectical Materialism

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Part of the book series: Sovietica ((SOVA,volume 18))

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This chapter will deal with the Marxist-Leninist definition of philosophy and cognate problems, which form the background for the three major sections of dialectical materialism treated in the next three chapters.

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Blakely, T.J. (1964). Dialectical Materialism. In: Soviet Philosophy. Sovietica, vol 18. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3606-1_2

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