I don't believe I have seen this book, and I've seen a lot of stuff by
Parsons and Somerville.
As it happens, I need this journal article by Parsons that the Library of
Congress seems to have misplaced:
TI: HISTORY AS VIEWED BY MARX AND WHITEHEAD.
AU: PARSONS,-HOWARD-L
SO: Christian-Scholar. FALL 67; 50: 273-289
IS: 0361-8234
AB: Marx and whitehead differed on idealism and materialism, the nature of
historical conflict, and the method of historical change. but their
positions interpenetrate and unite at many points. whitehead was an
activist and appreciated the force of economics and revolution; marx was a
scholar and appreciative of reason. both recognized the role of both
thought and practice in hisotry. both understood man's interdependence with
the ecological environment, though marx elevated man more than whitehead,
who was speculative and cosmological. both began with "an interlocked
community" in history. For marx nature is advanced in man; for whitehead,
man is advanced in the whole of nature.
At 10:40 PM 9/2/2005 -0400, Jim Farmelant wrote:
I was wondering if Ralph Dumain has seen this book,
*Dialogues on the Philosophy of Marxism: From the
Proceedings of the Society for the Philosophical
Study of Dialectical Materialism* eds. John
Somervilee & Howard L. Parsons, published
by Greenwood Press, 1974?
Apparently is a collection of papers presented
at discussions held by the Society for the
Philosophical Study of Dialectical Materialism
which was/is organized under the auspices
of the American Philosophical Association.
At these discussions, American, Soviet,
and other eastern European philosophers
participated.
The book provides coverage of discussions
concerning various topics in Marxist philosophy
including its philosophical foundations,
Marxism and logic (relationship between
formal logic and dialectical logic), philosophy
of science, Marxism and humanism, ethical
theory, alienation, and Marxism and existentialism,
amongst other topics.
Jim F.
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