Evald Vasilievich Ilyenkov was a Soviet philosopher.
Occupation
philosopher, psychologist
Citizenship
Soviet Union
Born
February 18, 1924
Died
March 21, 1979
Overview
Evald Vassilievich Ilyenkov (; 18 February 1924 – 21 March 1979) was a Marxist author and Soviet philosopher.
Biography
Evald Ilyenkov did original work on the materialist development of Hegel's dialectics, notable for his account of concrete universals. His works include Dialectical Logic (Russian, 1974; English trans. 1977), Leninist Dialectics and the Metaphysics of Positivism (Russian, 1980 (posthum.); English trans. 1982) and The Dialectics of the Abstract and Concrete in Marx's Capital (Russian, 1960; English trans. 1982). Ilyenkov committed suicide in 1979.
David Bakhurst wrote in his article; "Meaning, Normativity and the Life of Mind":
An abridged version of his article, "Marx and the Western World," was published in English in a book of the same name in 1967, but this work is little known.
