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Prieštaros Lietuvos marksistinėje filosofijoje sovietmečiu
Controversies in Lithuanian Marxists Philosophy During Soviet Period

Author(s): Gintaras Kabelka
Subject(s): Marxism, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Visuomeninė organizacija »LOGOS«
Keywords: Lithuanian philosophy; marxism; soviet period; subjective factor; objective factor;

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the question of variety and contradictions coming from conceptual assumptions in Lithuanian Marxist philosophy during the Soviet period. The problem of controversies in Soviet Marxism is discussed. It is stated that the most important contradiction of Lithuanian Marxism lies in the dialectics based on the subjective and objective factors (or: economical social macrostructure and individual microstructure, base and superstructure, material and ideal etc.). By introducing propositions that did not fit (or even oppose) official dogmas, philosophers who stressed the prime factor magnified a little the boundaries of Marxism. The overestimated subjective factor development is indicated by the emergence of anti-Marxist attitudes in official Soviet philosophical discourse.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 102
  • Page Range: 14-28
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Lithuanian