Dialectical Materialism

Gustav A. Wetter was a Jesuit father and a professor at the Papal Oriental Institute in Rome. He enjoyed a worldwide reputation as a leading authority in his field, whose learning and impartiality met with reluctant commendation even from avowed political opponents.

• 1. The Philosophical Roots of Marxism 2. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels 3. Revolutionary Movements in Russia: the Origins 4. Philosophical Tendencies in Russian Marxism before the Revolution 5. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin 6. Philosophical Developments in the USSR up to 1931 7. Mechanism 8. Menshevik Idealism 9. Developments since 1931 10. Stalin as a Philosopher 11. Since the Death of Stalin 12. Conception of Philosophy 13. The Theory of Matter 14. The Materialist Dialectic 15. The Theory of Categories 16. Dialectical Materialism and Modern Science 17. The Dialectical Materialist Theory of Knowledge 18. Logic