Reductionism in Marxist Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11049428 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicos P Mouzelis (corresponding author), N Mouzelis |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 1980 |
| Issue | 45 |
| Pages | 173-185 |
| Publication date | 1980-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Telos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-6514 • E-ISSN: 1940-459X |
| Publisher | Telos Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3817/0980045173 |
| OpenAlex | W2041647660 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Most Marxists would agree that two of Marxism's lasting contributions to the methodology of the social sciences are (a) its holistic orientation — its unwillingness to examine social phenomena in a compartmentalised fashion; and (b) its portrayal of collective agents in a dialectical relation to their social environment — with economic, political and ideological structures setting limits to collective action, while at the same time collective agents (classes, social movements, etc.) react to these limitations and try to either change or maintain them. In other words, Marxist methodology shows human beings as both the producers and the products of their social world
Action (physics · Collective action · Dialectic · Epistemology · Ideology · Marxist philosophy · Political science · Politics · Reductionism · Relation (database · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Law · Marxism and Critical Theory · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1982 - 2025 (44) |
| Highly cited | No |