Jerzy Topolski's Marxist Anthropocentrism.
In this article I demonstrate that the ideas outlined in Jerzy Topolski's Methodology of History (Polish 1968, English translation 1976) could not only offer a reference point for and indeed enrich ongoing debates in the philosophy of history, but also help to set directions for future developments...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the Philosophy of History Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 361 - 378 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Brill Academic Publishers
2021
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