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Marxism and the Philosophy of Language in Russia in the 1920s and 1930s

Marxism and the Philosophy of Language in Russia in the 1920s and 1930s Historical Materialism , volume 13:1 (63–84) © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2005 Also available online – www.brill.nl 1 The case for this position was put most eloquently by Clark and Holquist 1984, pp. 146–70. There has, however, never been any convincing evidence to seriously doubt Voloshinov’s authorship. On the recent state of scholarship see Brandist 2002 and Hirschkop 1999, pp. 126–40. I will touch on the work of the Bakhtin Circle only tangentially in the current article. Craig Brandist Marxism and the Philosophy of Language in Russia in the 1920s and 1930s One of the main weapons wielded by postmodernist critics of Marxism in the 1980s and 1990s was the apparent lack of attention given to language by Marxist thinkers. Some Marxists were stung by the accusation and moved towards a ‘post-Marxist’ position based on a poststructuralist theory of language, while others sought to uncover whether and, if so, how Marxists actually did engage with the philosophy of language in the 1920s and 1930s. There clearly were real engagements at that time, with the work of Antonio Gramsci and Valentin Voloshinov being the examples that really stand out. However, these people have often seemed to be exceptions within http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Historical Materialism Brill

Marxism and the Philosophy of Language in Russia in the 1920s and 1930s

Brandist, Craig
Historical Materialism , Volume 13 (1): 63 – Jan 1, 2005
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© 2005 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Historical Materialism , volume 13:1 (63–84) © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2005 Also available online – www.brill.nl 1 The case for this position was put most eloquently by Clark and Holquist 1984, pp. 146–70. There has, however, never been any convincing evidence to seriously doubt Voloshinov’s authorship. On the recent state of scholarship see Brandist 2002 and Hirschkop 1999, pp. 126–40. I will touch on the work of the Bakhtin Circle only tangentially in the current article. Craig Brandist Marxism and the Philosophy of Language in Russia in the 1920s and 1930s One of the main weapons wielded by postmodernist critics of Marxism in the 1980s and 1990s was the apparent lack of attention given to language by Marxist thinkers. Some Marxists were stung by the accusation and moved towards a ‘post-Marxist’ position based on a poststructuralist theory of language, while others sought to uncover whether and, if so, how Marxists actually did engage with the philosophy of language in the 1920s and 1930s. There clearly were real engagements at that time, with the work of Antonio Gramsci and Valentin Voloshinov being the examples that really stand out. However, these people have often seemed to be exceptions within

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