Li Da And Marxist Philosophy In China

This book, a study of the origins, structure, development and influence of Li Da's philosophical and theoretical thought, makes available to readers not just important texts of Chinese Marxism, but a whole series of texts of Marxism that were crucial to the political discourse of the thirties.

Nick Knight

Preface -- The Life of a Philosopher During an Era of War and Revolution -- Marxist Philosophy and Social Theory: The Origins of Li Da's Thought -- Li Da and Marxism, 1919-23 -- Li Da and Marxist Theory, 1923-32 -- Translation and the Dissemination of Marxism in China -- Li Da's Elements of Sociology and Marxist Philosophy in China -- Elements of Sociology: The History, Laws and Categories of Dialectical Materialism -- Elements of Sociology: Epistemology and Logic -- Li Da and Mao Zedong Thought -- Writings on Marxist Philosophy and Theory of the 1950s and 1960s -- Conclusion: Li Da and Marxist Philosophy in China