Andy Blunden
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Andy Blunden (born 11 October 1945) is an Australian historian, writer, and Marxist philosopher[1] based in Melbourne.
Biography[edit]
Blunden is a member and secretary of the Marxists Internet Archive Collective (or Marxists.org), a website which contains many Marxist and Marxist related text on history, philosophy and politics along with many other topics.[2]
Another internet project Blunden is involved with is the "Marx Myths & Legends". This website hosts many articles of prominent Marxian scholars and activists dealing with Marx and his ideas.[3]
His published works cover topics from Hegel to post-structuralism to ethics and politics. Blunden is a self-described "Hegelian Marxist with a 'pragmatist twist' using Lev Vygotsky."[4]
Works[edit]
Books[edit]
- Beyond Betrayal. 1991.
- Stalinism: Its Origin & Future. Marxists.org. 1993.
- Meaning of Hegel's Logic. 1997. At Wikisource.
- Ethical Politics. Heidelberg Press. 2003. Archived from the original on 10 February 2016.
- An Interdisciplinary Theory of Activity. Leiden: Brill, 2010 (hardback); Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2012 (paperback).
- Selected Writings on the Semiotics of Modernity. Erythros Press and Media. 2012.
- Concepts: A Critical Approach. Leiden: Brill, 2012 (hardback); Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2014 (paperback).
- Collaborative Projects. An Interdisciplinary Study. (editor) Leiden: Brill, 2014 (hardback); Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2016 (paperback).
- The Origins of Collective Decision Making. Leiden: Brill, 2016 (hardback); Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2017 (paperback).
- Hegel for Social Movements. Brill. 2019.
- Hegel, Marx & Vygotsky. Essays in Social Philosophy. 2021.
Contributions[edit]
- "Foreword" to Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Hegel's Logic: Being Part One of the Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences. [1830] Marxists Internet Archive Publications, 2009.
See also[edit]
- Aleksei N. Leontiev
- Critical Psychology
- Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT)
- Cultural-historical psychology
- Kharkov School of Psychology
- Vygotsky Circle
References[edit]
- ^ Cole, Michael (2011). "*BOOK REVIEW: Andy Blunden (2010): An Interdisciplinary Theory of Activity, Leiden, Boston: Brill". Outlines. Critical Practice Studies. 13 (1): 46–52. doi:10.7146/ocps.v13i1.4243. S2CID 142830596.
- ^ Blunden, Andy. "Information about Andy Blunden". Marxists Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ Blunden, Andy. "Marx Myths & Legends". Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ "On Method by Andy Blunden 2005". Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
External links[edit]
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- Andy Blunden's Home Page
- Transcript from ABC Radio National's "perspective" Ethical Politics
- The Blackwood Group
- Hegel: The First Cultural Psychologist Video from Vimeo