Evald Ilyenkov
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About
Soviet philosopher who was remembered for championing the theories proposed by Karl Marx.
Before Fame
His various works were translated and published in some 20 languages. He was known for Dialectical Logic from 1977 and The Dialectics of the Abstract and Concrete in Marx's Capital from 1960.
Trivia
He contributed much to the materialist development of Hegel's dialectics.
Family Life
He was born in Smolensk, Russia. He committed suicide in 1979.
Associated With
He was one of the foremost supporters of the theories engineered by Karl Marx.