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McKelvey has written a timely book. Its theme is central to our current dilemmas, how to reconstruct our modes of knowledge to overcome the narrow viewpoints of previous generations. McKelvey reminds us of the continuing contribution of Marx to this discussion. Immanuel Wallerstein

Table of Contents

Preface The Problem of Knowledge Critical Marxism Science and Economic Development The Proletarian Point of View Marx's Intellectual Development The Cognitional Theory of Bernard Lonergan A Reconstruction of Marx's Concept of Science Marx and the Third World Bibliography Index

About the Author

CHARLES McKELVEY is Associate Professor of Sociology at Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina. He is also writing a forthcoming book entitled The Jackson Campaign: The Civil Rights Movement is Born Again. Dr. McKelvey has contributed articles to Humanity and Society, Thought, and the Indiana Consortium of International Programs.

Reviews

"Charles McKelvey has written a timely book. Its theme is central to our current dilemmas, how to reconstruct our modes of knowledge to overcome the narrow viewpoints of previous generations. McKelvey reminds us of the continuing contribution of Marx to this discussion."-Immanuel Wallerstein