Andy Blunden (born 11 October 1945) is an Australian historian, writer, and Marxist philosopher[1] based in Melbourne.

Biography

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

Books

  • 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

  • "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

References

  1. ↑ 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. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  2. ↑ Blunden, Andy. "Information about Andy Blunden". Marxists Internet Archive. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  3. ↑ Blunden, Andy. "Marx Myths & Legends". Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "On Method by Andy Blunden 2005". Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
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