Banca de DEFESA: ANNA MARINA PAES MONTYSUMA

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STUDENT : ANNA MARINA PAES MONTYSUMA
DATE: 17/07/2026
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: Sala 227 CCHLA e Google Meet
TITLE:

The Method in Marx and Engels: an articulation between content and form

KEY WORDS:

Marx. Engels. Method. Totality. Content and Form.

PAGES: 115
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Filosofia
SUMMARY:

This dissertation investigates the theoretical divergence within Marxism concerning the adequate form of exposition and naming of the research method developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. It starts from the perception of a theoretical gap in the authors' original texts, which did not formally systematize or name their method, leading to dissonant interpretations that split it between "dialectical materialism" (applicable to nature) and "historical materialism" (applicable to society). Through an immanent analysis based on the category of organically articulated totality and the dialectical pair content and form, this study confronts the interpretations of authors such as Bukharin, Stalin, Althusser, and Badiou with the original thought of Marx and Engels. The investigation demonstrates that the formal separation of the method into two distinct disciplines constitutes a "positivization" that mutilates its totalizing content and ignores the monistic and historical-natural unity that sustains the philosophy of praxis. It concludes that the designation historical-dialectical materialism is the most appropriate form of exposition, as it expresses the unitary essence of the method and its correspondence with the real movement of effectiveness, in which nature and history reciprocally condition each other.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1397100 - PAULO EDUARDO BODZIAK JUNIOR
Externo à Instituição - HÉLIO ÁZARA DE OLIVEIRA - UFCG
Externa à Instituição - MARIA SOCORRO RAMOS MILITÃO - UFU