Fundamentals of philosophical knowledge: Marxist philosophy in accessible language

This book is written for a reader who first begins to study Marxist-Leninist philosophy. In a publicly accessible form, the foundations of Marxist philosophical knowledge are presented. The first three chapters show how in the struggle of materialism and idealism, dialectics and metaphysics arose and developed dialectical-materialistic worldview. The following are the main issues of dialectical and historical materialism.
A book awarded the USSR State Prize (1983) was at one time a textbook for students of schools of the Fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism of the Party Education System. It can be recommended by a wide circle of readers who are interested in the history of economic, social and political teachings, the laws of development of society and the state, the history and theory of Marxism and socialism.
The fifteenth edition dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the author’s birth is supplemented by unique photos from the family archive