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July 2000


Take a journey of discovery into the Archives of Marxist-Humanism on the
Dialectics of organization and philosophy
This summer News and Letters Committees is focusing on a renewed study and discussion of Raya Dunayevskaya's writings on one of the most critical issues facing the revolutionary movement-the relation of philosophy and organization. Here are a few of the many documents from the Archives of Marxist-Humanism that we will be looking at. We invite you to join in this effort to explore the problem of dialectics of organization and philosophy.
From ROSA LUXEMBURG, WOMEN'S LIBERATION AND MARX'S PHILOSOPHY OF REVOLUTION (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1991; original edition, 1981):

Chapter 11, "The Philosopher of Permanent Revolution Creates New Ground for Organization"

Chapter 12, "The Last Writings of Marx Point a Trail to the 1980s"

From THE RAYA DUNAYEVSKAYA COLLECTION-MARXIST-HUMANISM: A HALF-CENTURY OF ITS WORLD DEVELOPMENT:

"The Trail to the 1980s for Transforming Reality" (September 1981). Perspectives Thesis to News and Letters Committees Plenum, 7090.

"On the 150th Anniversary since Hegel' Death: How Valid for Our Day are Marx's Hegelian Roots?" (December 1981, originally in News & Letters), 7481.

"On the Battle of Ideas: Philosophic-Theoretic Points of Departure as Political Tendencies Respond to the Objective Situation" (Oct. 15, 1982). Political-Philosophic Letter, 7486.

"Marxist-Humanism 1983: The Summation that is a New Beginning" (Jan. 1, 1983), 7639.
From SUPPLEMENT TO THE RAYA DUNAYEVSKAYA COLLECTION-MARXIST-HUMANISM: A HALF-CENTURY OF ITS WORLD DEVELOPMENT:

"What is New in the Concept and Practice of Organization Since Chapter 11 of ROSA LUXEMBURG, WOMEN'S LIBERATION AND MARX'S PHILOSOPHY OF REVOLUTION" (Oct. 22, 1984), 17174.

Letter to David Joravsky (May 15, 1985). On the section on "Organizational Interlude" in MARXISM AND FREEDOM and subjecting the question of the Party to Absolute Method, 17213.

"Notes on Organization and Religion in Hegel" (Oct. 6, 1986), 10788.

"1953 as Concept vs. Experience" (May 13, 1987). On the dialectic of philosophy as inseparable from the dialectic of organization, 10923.

THE PHILOSOPHIC MOMENT OF MARXIST-HUMANISM (Chicago: News and Letters, 1989):

Includes "Presentation on the Dialectics of Organization and Philosophy" (June 1, 1987) and "Letters on Hegel's Absolutes" (May 12, 20, 1953).

THE RAYA DUNAYEVSKAYA COLLECTION-MARXIST-HUMANISM: A HALF-CENTURY OF ITS WORLD DEVELOPMENT and SUPPLEMENT TO THE RAYA DUNAYEVSKAYA COLLECTION are available on microfilm at libraries nationwide and internationally.

All documents are also available from NEWS & LETTERS....Go to the Publications page for information on how to order.





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