[Xmca-l] Re: Hegel for Social Movements

[James Ma]

Many congratulations Andy!
Resonating with David’s remarks, in Chinese culture we often refer to such
an outstanding scholastic work as 超群绝伦之作 close to 旷世之作 (a work deemed to be
both unprecedented and unrepeatable).
I would recommend this book to all my Russell allies teaching on research
methodology (these days in the UK, philosophical application and observance
at non Russell Group institutions are largely cursory or half-hearted!).
James

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On Thu, 11 Jul 2019 at 16:42, Andy Blunden <andyb@marxists.org> wrote:

> The whole point of an adventure is that it is transformative, and my point
> was that the examples in "The Problem of the Environment" gave the
> impression that perezhivaniya are only traumas to be survived; sometimes
> they are opportunities seized.
>
> In any case, I hope I have done more than summarise, but offer a real
> adventure for readers who are willing to explore Hegel.
>
> Andy
> ------------------------------
> *Andy Blunden*
> https://www.ethicalpolitics.org/ablunden/index.htm
> On 11/07/2019 11:57 pm, David Kellogg wrote:
>
> Congratulations, Andy, above all on the length of the book. I am quite
> sure you are the only person on this particular planet who could give a
> sensible summary of the Phenomenology, the Logic,  and the Philosophy of
> Right in a slim volume.
>
> Having just finished the baggy monster of "The House of Government" and
> having started the task of trying to summarize Vygotsky's lectures in
> "Problem of Age", I am more than ever cognizant of how difficult it is to
> distill an intellectual adventure without killing the excitement. Here, for
> example, is Laurie Anderson on Walter Benjamin on Paul Klee...
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGL2Ne0V9mI
>
> She said: what is history?
> And he said: history is an angel being blown backwards into the future
> He said: history is a pile of debris
> And the angel wants to go back and fix things
> To repair the things that have been broken
> But there is a storm blowing from paradise
> And the storm keeps blowing the angel backwards into the future
> And this storm, this storm is called progress
>
> (I remember Nikolai Veresov objecting strongly to your translation of
> "perezhivanie" as "adventure" because "adventure" lacks the element of
> reflection on being....but we do have, for example, the Adventures of
> Robinson Crusoe and the Adventures of Lemuel Gulliver....)
>
> David Kellogg
> Sangmyung University
>
> New Article:
> Han Hee Jeung & David Kellogg (2019): A story without SELF: Vygotsky’s
> pedology, Bruner’s constructivism and Halliday’s construalism in
> understanding narratives by
> Korean children, Language and Education, DOI: 10.1080/09500782.2019.1582663
> To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/09500782.2019.1582663
>
> Some e-prints available at:
>
> https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KHRxrQ4n45t9N2ZHZhQK/full?target=10.1080/09500782.2019.1582663
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 10:05 PM Andy Blunden <andyb@marxists.org> wrote:
>
>> Just Published: "Hegel for Social Movements" by Andy Blunden
>> <https://www.facebook.com/andy.blunden.1?__tn__=%2CdK-R-R&eid=ARAYFD6ziZn3JLdMSCZZJM4sdlbw4OF-9HJBwKYQHmGMKp1hyLdOT9R6Li53liTYij7_Et4bUGQYuLxz&fref=mentions>
>> https://brill.com/abstract/title/54574
>> <https://brill.com/abstract/title/54574?fbclid=IwAR3U-pwB1xfjw82qeX4hvorbgo396eV6MR_lFCC2276PF7iAU05Gke1gEVI>
>>
>> An introduction to the reading of Hegel intended for those already active
>> in social movements. The book introduces Hegel’s ideas in a way which will
>> be useful for those fighting for social change, and while some familiarity
>> with philosophy would be an advantage for the reader, the main
>> pre-requisite is a commitment to the practical pursuit of ideal aims. The
>> book covers the whole sweep of Hegel’s writing, but focuses particularly on
>> the Logic and Hegel’s social theory – the Philosophy of Right. Blunden
>> brings to his exposition an original interpretation of Hegel’s Logic as the
>> logic of social change, utilizing his knowledge of Vygotsky’s cultural
>> psychology and Soviet Activity Theory. Although CHAT is hardly mentioned in
>> this exposition of Hegel, being familiar with CHAT, you will recognise the
>> influence of Vygotsky and Leontyev as well as Marx on my reading of Hegel.
>>
>> The book is very expensive, so until the cheap paperback comes out next
>> year, please order it from your Library or get a journal, magazine or
>> website to review it and ask for a review copy.
>>
>>
>>
>> You can get a full table of contents here:
>> https://www.ethicalpolitics.org/ablunden/pdfs/hegel-social-movements.pdf
>>
>>
>> and a search engine for the full text at the above Brill link.
>>
>>
>>
>> Andy
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>> *Andy Blunden*
>> https://www.ethicalpolitics.org/ablunden/index.htm
>>
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