Method and social structure: István Mészáros’ Marxist critique of Hegel’s Logic

a crítica marxista de István Mészáros à Lógica de Hegel

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-3173.2019.v42n2.06.p107

Keywords:

Method, Science of logic, Dialectics, Social structure

Abstract

This paper discusses István Mészáros critique of Hegel’s Logic. We point out how Marxism criticizes the presuppositionless thinkingand self-constituted circle of reasoning of the Science of logic. We thereby show the difference between the Hegelian and Marxist ways of conceiving the rooting of knowledge in the process of real life. We also discuss how Mészáros made a scathing critique of the hypostatization of dialectical method in Lukács work. This critique is based on the rejection of a method that fails to be accountable to the real world and therefore ends up treating the identity of knowledge and being as a mere abstract postulation.

Recebido: 30/09/2016
Aceito: 26/04/2019

Author Biography

  • Rafael Lessa Vieira de Sá Menezes, doutor em direitos humanos pela USP

    Doutor em Direito pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP – Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2078-1030 E-mail: rafaeldesamenezes@gmail.com
    Pós-doutor em Democracia e Direitos Humanos pelo Ius Gentium Conimbrigae / Centro de Direitos Humanos, Coimbra – Portugal.

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Published

2019-06-22 — Updated on 2022-07-22

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Vol. 42 No. 2: April-June/2019

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Method and social structure: István Mészáros’ Marxist critique of Hegel’s Logic: a crítica marxista de István Mészáros à Lógica de Hegel. (2022). Trans/Form/Ação, 42(2), 107-122. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-3173.2019.v42n2.06.p107