Sends Chapter 3 [on Lenin].
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8. Dunayevskaya letter to Olga Domanski, written Feb. 12, 1967.
Sends first two sections of Chapter 2 [on Marx].
7. Dunayevskaya letter to Karel Kosik, written Jan. 30, 1967.
Sends copy of chapter on Hegels Absolutes as New Beginnings; asks for discussion.
6. Dunayevskaya letter to Dear Colleagues, written Jan. 30, 1967.
Reports completing the first and most difficult chapter of the entire book, Hegels Absolutes as New Beginnings; gives outline of what became Part I of P&R, Why Hegel? Why Now?; asks for a conference in each News and Letters Committees local on the chapters on Hegel and Marx.
5. Dunayevskaya letter to Harry McShane, written Jan. 27, 1967.
Sends McShane a copy of a part of Ch. 2 of the book [on Marx]. Asks McShane to search for a Hegelian in Britain willing to comment on the chapter on Hegels Absolutes. The following day, Dunayevskaya drafts a new Outline of Philosophy and Revolution as a whole. (For the text of the outline, see #4334.)
4. Herbert Marcuse letter to Dunayevskaya, written Jan. 25, 1967.
Agrees to read Dunayevskayas draft chapter.
3. Dunayevskaya letter to Herbert Marcuse, written Jan. 19, 1967.
Reports finishing her draft chapter on Hegels Absolutes; asks if he would be willing to comment on it.
2. Dunayevskaya letter to Olga Domanski, written Jan. 16, 1967.
During this period Dunayevskaya is completing the first draft of what became Chapter 1 of P&R — on Hegels Absolutes. Asks for a typist to finish the mss.
1. Dunayevskaya letter to Harry McShane, written Jan. 11, 1967.
Seeks a copy of paper by Nikolai Bukharin to International Congress of the History of Science and Technology (London, 1931).
F. Correspondence, Presentations and Notes on the Writing of Philosophy and Revolution, January, 1967 – August, 1968.
48. Dunayevskaya letter to S (East Europe), written Nov. 25, 1966.
Asks him to attempt a draft chapter of Philosophy and Revolution on the relationship of the advanced to the technologically backward countries. Also included here are excerpts from Dunayevskayas follow-up letter, written Dec. 17, 1966, on the proposed chapter.
47. Dunayevskaya letter to New York Review of Books, written Oct. 23, 1966.
Comments on an article by Franz Schurnann (Oct. 20, 1966) on the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
46. Dunayevskaya letter to Dear Friends, written Oct. 21, 1966.
On her re-reading of the articles by East Europeans in the symposium, Socialist Humanism, edited by Erich Fromm.
45. Dunayevskaya, letter to Eugene Walker, written Oct. 20, 1966.
On the development of state-capitalist theory, 1940-56, and how that led to Marxist-Humanism.
44. Eugene Walker letter to Dunayevskaya, written Oct. 17, 1966.
Comments on Dunayevskayas just-completed essay, State-Capitalism and Marxist-Humanism, or Philosophy and Revolution.
43. Stewardship of Leadership.
Notes by Dunayevskaya for report to the Executive session of Convention of News and Letters committees (excerpts), given Sept. 3, 1966. On the development of Philosophy and Revolution and its ramifications for organization.
42. Yoshimasa Yukiyama letter to Dunayevskaya, written June 27, 1966.
Responds to Dunayevskayas request for a report on Hegel studies in Japan.
41. Dunayevskaya letter to Nat Simon, written May 26, 1966.
Seeks copies of Georg Lukacs What is Orthodox Marxism?; German edition of Hegels Philosophy of Mind; Russian edition of Marxs doctoral thesis.
40. Dunayevskaya letter to Yoshimasa Yukiyama, written May 22, 1966.
Asks for a report on works on the question of Hegel in Japan, postwar Japan.
39. Dunayevskaya letter to Erich Fromm, written May 16, 1966.
On Marx’s doctoral thesis on The Differences in the Philosophies of Democritus and Epicurus; on Hegels Phenomenology of Mind.
38. Dunayevskaya letter to Tadayuki Tsushima, written March 13, 1966.
Asks for Tsushimas participation in a special issue of News & Letters on state-capitalism.
37. Tadayuki Tsushima letter to Dunayevskaya, written March 8, 1966.
On his articles on state-capitalism and on Lenin.
36. Erich Fromm letter to Dunayevskaya, written Dec. 13, 1965.
Sends his report to the Guggenheim Foundation on Dunayevskaya. From November, 1965 through January, 1966, Dunayevskaya was on a trip to Hong Kong and Japan. For letters written during this trip, see #9678-9888.
35. Dunayevskaya letter to Com. Yukiyama (Yoshimasa Yukiyama), written Sept. 14, 1965.
On the post-World War II world and the problems of revolutionary thought today; asks for a dialogue in advance of Dunayevskayas trip.
34. Erich Fromm letter to Dunayevskaya, written Sept. 13, 1965.
On the Guggenheim Foundation; on Sartres autobiography.
33. Dunayevskaya letter to Erich Fromm, written Aug. 25, 1965.
Asks for support from Fromm for her request for a Guggenheim Fellowship to complete Philosophy and Revolution.
32. Dunayevskaya letter to Dear Colleagues, written July 22, 1965.
On her forthcoming trip to Japan and the need to focus on the writing of the new book. In the preceding months, Dunayevskaya had been at work on a new pamphlet published by News and Letters Committees, The Free Speech Movement and the Negro Revolution.
31. Dunayevskaya letter to Charles A. Moore, editor, Philosophy East and West, written Jan. 26, 1965.
Submits her article, Sartres Search for a Method to Undermine Marxism, for publication. Calls it chapter in my projected work, tentatively entitled Philosophy and Revolution. In March, 1965, Dunayevskaya wrote a review of Sartres The Words for the Oberlin student journal, The Activist. (This review is included in the Collection, #3363.)
30. Dunayevskaya letter to New York Review of Books, written Jan. 21, 1965.
On George Lichtheims review (Jan. 28, 1965) of Wilfrid Desans The Marxism of Jean-Paul Sartre.
29. Dunayevskaya letter to George Lichtheim, written Dec. 1, 1964.
Asks for philosophic dialogue on Hegel; sends him draft outline on Subjectivity of self-liberation.
28. Special Meeting on the Philosophic Problems of the New Book.
Report to the Resident Editorial Board of News and Letters Committees given by Dunayevskaya, Nov. 29, 1964. Included here are the REB minutes.
27. Dunayevskaya letter to Peter Bergmann, written Nov. 16, 1964.
On Bergmanns translation of excerpts from the Grundrisse; on the relationship of Luxemburg, Lassalle, and Marx to Hegel.
26. Dunayevskaya letter to Dear Colleagues, written Nov. 14, 1964
. Accompanies Dunayevskayas review of Marcuses One-Dimensional Man. (The review was published in The Activist, 1964, and is included in Vol. XII of the Dunayevskaya Collection, #10069.)
25. Dunayevskaya letter to Peter Bergmann, written Nov. 8, 1964.
Asks for assistance with translation of a passage from Marxs Grundrisse. Dunayevskaya wished to check Marcuses translation of this passage. (Bergmanns reply, including his translation, is included in the Chapter files for P&R. — Marx, Section 2.)
24. Report on Philosophical Letters and Trip to New York, given by Dunayevskaya to REB, meeting of News and Letters Committees, Nov. 4, 1964 (excerpts).
Discussion of philosophical letters written by Dunayevskaya in Sept.-Oct., 1964.
23. Dunayevskaya letter to Marcuse, written Oct. 27, 1964.
An informal outline of a chapter of my new work (which I lean to calling Philosophy and Revolution) that deals with Why Hegel? Why Now?.
22. Dunayevskaya letter to Morgan Gibson, written Oct. 22, 1964.
On the nature of the proletariat under state-capitalism; on suggestions for a study of the Hegelian dialectic.
21. Dunayevskaya letter to Morgan Gibson, written Oct. 6, 1964.
On Marxs view of mode of production; on a philosophy for the 1960s.
20. Dunayevskaya letter to Harry McShane (Glasgow, Scotland), written Oct. 1, 1964.
Asks his assistance with philosophical problems of the new book.
19. Dunayevskaya letter to Bess Gogol and Eugene Walker, written Oct. 1, 1964.
On the philosophic problems of the new book. Dunayevskaya offers an outline of one of the parts, tentatively titled Why Hegel? Why Now? Suggests that the title of the new book might be Philosophy and Human Liberation.
18. Dunayevskaya letter to Bess Gogol and Eugene Walker, written Sept. 27, 1964.
On Dunayevskayas re-reading of Marcuses 1960 preface to Reason and Revolution, pin-pointing the philosophic point that separates us.
17. Dunayevskaya presentation on Stewardship of Leadership to Resident Editorial Board of News and Letters Committees given July 8, 1964 (excerpts)
. On where we must begin on uncharted roads — in the 1953 Letters on the Absolute Idea.
16. Dunayevskaya letter to Eugene Walker, written June 9, 1964.
Walker was then in Mississippi during Mississippi Freedom Summer. On Marcuses 1960 preface to Reason and Revolution, especially on Marcuses view of science and Dunayevskayas.
15. Dunayevskaya letter to Eugene Walker, written Jan. 24, 1964.
A letter to the youth committee on Dunayevskayas archival material from the early 1940s on Marxs Early Essays and Hegel.
14. Dunayevskaya letter to A. James Gregor, written Jan. 19, 1964.
On the Marx-Engels relationship and the different understanding each had of the Hegelian dialectic.
13. Dunayevskaya letter to Erich Fromm, written Nov. 21, 1963.
An appeal by Dunayevskaya for a dialogue on Hegel between us; includes a discussion of Sartre and the section on Spirit in Self-Estrangement from Hegels Phenomenology of Mind.
12. Dunayevskaya letter to Bess Gogol, written Oct. 19, 1963.
On the relationship of the supplement to Marxism and Freedom (second edition, 1964) on The Challenge of Mao Tse-tung, to the work on the new book.
11. Dunayevskaya letters to Julius Jacobson, (New Politics, New York), written Oct. 3, 1963, and to George Heltai (The Review, Belgium), written Oct. 8, 1963.
Dunayevskaya submits her review of Jean-Paul Sartres Search for a Method for publication. This review served as the first draft of what became Chapter 6 of P&R, Jean-Paul Sartre: Outsider Looking In.
10. Dunayevskaya letter to A. James Gregor, written June 25, 1963.
On subject-object concept in Marxs 1844 Manuscripts, and on the unity of Marxs outlook from 1844 through the writing of Capital.
9. A. James Gregor letter to Dunayevskaya, written June 7, 1963
. A continuation of correspondence between Dunayevskaya and Gregor, an author of articles on Marxs 1844 manuscripts. Gregor comments on the Hegel-Marx relationship.
8. Dunayevskaya letter to Joseph Buttinger, written Jan. 1, 1963.
On the internalization of the African experience for the work on the book. In this period Dunayevskaya was at work on American Civilization on Trial.
7. Report to the Resident Editorial Board (REB) of News and Letters Committees on Some Ramifications of the African and British trips.
Dunayevskayas report was given July 10, 1962. Included here are excerpts from the REB minutes of that report.
6. Dunayevskaya letter to Olga Domanski, written April 23, 1962.
Written during Dunayevskayas April-May 1962 trip to West Africa. (For letters written during this trip, see Vol. XII, #9573-9677.) Discusses the relationship between perspectives for the new book and the experience of the African trip.
5. Dunayevskaya letter to Richard Portes, written Dec. 13, 1961.
On Hegels Phenomenology of Mind; on what distinguishes Hegels Absolute Idea from those of other philosophers.
4. Dunayevskaya letter to Richard Bernstein, written Nov. 30, 1961.
On Robert Tuckers Philosophy and Myth in Karl Marx; on Dunayevskayas M&F.
3. Dunayevskaya letter to Dear Friends, written Nov. 29, 1961.
On plans for the Africa trip and organizational responsibilities. Dunayevskaya asks that her June 3, 1961 Outline of the new book be re-studied. In this period News and Letters Committees had just published a new pamphlet, Freedom Riders Speak for Themselves.
2. Dunayevskaya letter to Joseph Buttinger, written Oct. 1, 1961.
On Dunayevskayas plans for her 1962 trip to Africa and the way the African trip relates to the new book. Included also is Dunayevskayas draft of the letter.
1. Dunayevskaya letter to Olga Domanski, written Sept. 21, 1961 (excerpts).
Suggestions for Domanskis summation of the Executive session of the Sept. 1961 News and Letters Committees Plenum. On the relationship of the work on the new book to organization and to responses to current world events.
E. Correspondence, Presentations and Notes on the Writing of Philosophy and Revolution, September 1961 – December 1966.
23. A Brief Outline of the New Book.
A Weekly Political Letter written June 3, 1961 by Dunayevskaya. Accompanies copies of Dunayevskayas letter to Jonathan Spence; gives proposed frontispiece quotes by Hegel and Marx for the book; outlines five parts. The Weekly Political Letters series was begun by Dunayevskaya April 22, 1961, in response to the U.S.-sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba. After this letter was written, Dunayevskaya drafted a first chapter of the new book in outline form, entitled Subjectivity of Self-liberation. (#4317)
22. Dunayevskaya letter to Jonathan Spence, written June 1, 1961.
On the context of Dunayevskayas discussions with Spence on China, the Absolute Idea. A discussion of Absolute Idea in Hegels Science of Logic; Dunayevskaya traces Hegels text, relates it to Marx, to Lenin, and to post-World War II freedom struggles. This letter was intended as basis for my actual writing of that chapter on the Absolute Idea in my book. For other 1961 letters exchanged by Spence and Dunayevskaya, see #12791ff.
21. Dunayevskaya letter to Com. Spence (Jonathan Spence), written Feb. 27, 1961.
Opens discussion on Spences area of specialization — China — with concepts from the Phenomenology of Mind which relate to Mao Tse-tung. In this period Dunayevskaya had just completed the third in her series of Hegel summaries, her notes on Hegels Smaller Logic from the Encyclopedia of Philosophical Sciences.
20. Dunayevskaya letter to Olga Domanski, written Feb. 7, 1961.
A response to Domanskis letter of Feb. 2, 1961. On the Hegelian categories of Universal, Particular, Individual.
19. Some Notes for Saturdays Presentation to the REB.
Notes by Dunayevskaya for a talk to the Resident Editorial Board of News and Letters Committees, given Feb. 4, 1961 in Detroit. On her 1953 Letters on Hegels Absolutes and the 1960-61 new philosophical letters. Also included here are Resident Editorial Board minutes on Dunayevskayas presentation, given Feb. 4, 1961.
18. Olga Domanski letter to Dunayevskaya, written Feb. 2, 1961.
On Domanskis study of Dunayevskayas letters to Marcuse and summaries of Hegels works. This is the only substantive response to the philosophical letters of Oct. 1960 – Jan. 1961 that Dunayevskaya received.
17. Dunayevskaya letter to Dear Friends, written Jan. 25, 1961.
On her summation of Hegels Science of Logic, just completed. For Dunayevskayas letter on her summary of Hegels Phenomenology, see #12333.
16. Dunayevskaya letter to Arthur (A.N.L.) Wina, written Jan. 17, 1961.
On Marxist-Humanism in Africa, in the Hungarian Revolution, and in the U.S.
15. Dunayevskaya letter to Marcuse, written Jan. 12, 1961.
A response to Marcuses letter of Dec. 22, 1960. On the Absolute Idea in Hegel and its ramifications in Marx, in Lenin, and in Dunayevskayas own work.
14. A.N.L. Wina letter to Dunayevskaya, written Jan. 8, 1961.
On Marxism in Africa and his view of Marxist-Humanism.
13. Marcuse letter to Dunayevskaya, written Dec. 22, 1960.
A response to Dunayevskayas letters of Oct. 16 and Nov. 22, 1960. Asks why you need the Absolute Idea to say what you want to say. In this period, Dunayevskaya had just completed her summary of Hegels Phenomenology of Mind and was beginning work on a summary of the Science of Logic. For the texts of these summaries, see #2806.
12. Dunayevskaya letter to A.N.L. Wina, written Dec. 16, 1960.
On Daniel Bells book, The End of Ideology; on Winas questions on ideas and freedom struggles in Africa. Wina was active in liberation movements in Northern Rhodesia.
11. Dunayevskaya letter to Bess Gogol, written Nov. 29, 1960.
Announces that she will end intensive work on the book and concentrate on organizational work in this period.
10. Dunayevskaya letter to Marcuse, written Nov. 22, 1960.
On Bukharins Historical Materialism and Hegels Absolute Idea; discusses Dunayevskayas 1953 letters on Hegels Absolutes and their expression in M&F.
9. The Philosophic Foundations for the Struggles for Freedom in the Latin American and Afro-Asian Countries.
Transcript of a lecture by Raya Dunayevskaya given in Detroit, Nov. 13, 1960. This is the first presentation on Dunayevskayas work on the new book. Transcript not corrected by Dunayevskaya.
8. Olga Domanski letter to Walt and Betty, written Nov. 12, 1960.
A discussion (at Dunayevskayas request) of questions on science and Marxism raised in Dunayevskayas Oct. 12, 1960 letter to Louis Gogol; on Einstein and unified field theory.
7. Dunayevskaya letter to Saul Blackman, written Oct. 25, 1960.
On contradictions within the Johnson-Forest Tendency from 1947 to 1953 on the Hegelian dialectic and Marxs Humanism.
6. Dunayevskaya letter to Joseph Buttinger, written Oct. 20, 1960.
On Hegels Phenomenology of Mind, Science of Logic, Encyclopedia of Philosophical Sciences as part of Dunayevskayas work on philosophic foundations of the struggles for freedom.
5. Dunayevskaya letter to Frank W. (Britain), written Oct. 20, 1960.
Asks for books on activity of the masses in Africa.
4. Dunayevskaya letter to Saul Blackman, written Oct. 17, 1960.
A rough outline of the points of the new book. To be read along with Dunayevskayas letter to Marcuse written one day earlier. Gives the new book the title: Philosophic Foundations of Mans Struggles for Freedom in Colonial Countries, though no such title would actually be used.
3. Dunayevskaya letter to Marcuse, written Oct. 16, 1960.
On Bukharin, Hegels Absolute Idea and liberation struggles in Africa.
2. Dunayevskaya letter to Louis Gogol, written Oct. 12, 1960.
On Gustav Wetters Dialectical Materialism, with concentration on Marxism and science.
1. Letters and Summations of Hegelian Philosophy relative to new book, begun 10/12/60, ended 1/26/61.
Two listings by Dunayevskaya of her notes and correspondence which she considered work on what became P&R. Written January, 1961. Included in her list are several works which have appeared elsewhere in the Dunayevskaya Collection, and are not reproduced in this section. These are: Letters on the Absolute Idea, 1953 (#1797); Lecture at Leeds University on Marxs Debt to Hegel, 1959 (#9478); Summaries of Hegels Major Writings, 1960-61, (#2806).
D. Correspondence and Notes on the Writing of Philosophy and Revolution, October, 1960 – June, 1961.
10. Excerpts from From Organizational-Consciousness to Organization Building. Report to the Convention of News and Letters Committees, given by Dunayevskaya in Sept. 1960.
The section entitled The Average Man as Philosopher and the New Book contains the first public projection by Dunayevskaya, of the work that was to become P&R.
9. World View of the Negro Question. Transcript of a lecture by Dunayevskaya given May 14, 1960, as part of a series of classes based on M&F.
On the Black Dimension in Africa and America; develops ideas discussed in Dunayevskayas 1959 work, Nationalism, Communism, Marxist-Humanism and the Afro-Asian Revolutions (#2688). Transcript not corrected by Dunayevskaya; tape ran out before conclusion of lecture.
8. Dunayevskaya letter to Si (Charles Denby), written March 10, 1960.
On Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s Marxism and Philosophy, as Dunayevskaya re-read it with Automation in mind. Denby was at that time working on a News & Letters pamphlet entitled Workers Battle Automation (1960, #2843).
7. Dunayevskaya letter to Buttinger, written Dec. 15, 1959.
Written after Dunayevskayas return from a trip to Europe which included a conference of state-capitalist tendencies. (Documents from this trip are included in Vol. XII of the Dunayevskaya Collection; see #9364-9572.) Dunayevskaya reports on discussions with Martin Milligan and possible collaboration with him on any work on Hegel.
6. Dunayevskaya letter to Buttinger, written Sept. 2, 1959.
On progress on the new book.
5. Final lecture on Marxism and Freedom, given by Dunayevskaya Jan. 18, 1959,
in Detroit. Included here are Dunayevskayas notes for the talk. A discussion of Hegels Absolutes, Marxs Absolutes and our age of absolutes; emphasis not on the unity of Theory and Practice, but the incompletion of each by itself. Includes reexamination of Dunayevskayas 1953 Letters on Hegels Absolutes.
4. Dunayevskaya letter to Joseph Buttinger, written Oct. 28, 1958.
On Spirit in Self-Estrangement in Hegels Phenomenology of Mind.
3. Dunayevskaya letter to Marcuse, written July 15, 1958
. On Absolute Method within the Hegelian Absolutes, in Marxs day and in our day. Asks for Marcuses help in further development of these ideas.
2. Dunayevskaya letter to Joseph Buttinger, written April 11, 1958.
On Hegels Phenomenology of Mind and its illumination of freedom struggles in Southeast Asia.
1. Dunayevskaya letter to Herbert Marcuse, written Jan. 28, 1958.
One month after the publication of Marxism and Freedom (M&F), Dunayevskaya is already thinking of a supplement on Hegels Absolute Idea. (This letter and most of the other correspondence between Dunayevskaya and Marcuse are also included in Vol. XII of the Dunayevskaya Collection. They appear again here because of their importance in the development of Philosophy and Revolution (P&R).)
C. Correspondence, Presentations and Notes on the Writing of Philosophy and Revolution, January, 1958 – September, 1960
9. Final manuscript of Philosophy and Revolution.
Submitted to publishers Jan. 31, 1972. This is the final typed mss. of P&R. It is included here so that comparisons can be made with the book as published. Dunayevskaya introduced many changes in the book between Jan. 1972 and her release of the page proofs in April, 1973. By comparing this final typed mss. with the book as published, Dunayevskayas last additions and corrections to the book can be discerned.
8. Introduction to Philosophy and Revolution.
Draft completed Nov. 7, 1971. No previous draft of the Introduction is known. This draft, however, differs from the Introduction as published. Handnotes on the mss. are by Dunayevskaya.
7. New Passions and New Forces.
A draft chapter completed about May 25, 1971. This chapter was originally drafted in outline form in April, 1969, after Dunayevskayas participation in the Black/Red Conference, a meeting of Black workers, civil rights activists and Marxist-Humanists. For the original outline, see #4283.
6. Jean-Paul Sartre.
A draft chapter probably completed in April, 1971. This is the second draft of what became Chapter 6 of P&R, entitled Jean-Paul Sartre: Outsider Looking In. The first draft of this chapter was written as a Weekly Political Letter in September, 1963, and is already included in this Collection (#4144).
5. Leon Trotsky as Theoretician.
A draft chapter completed Dec. 14, 1970. This is the second draft of what became Chapter 4 of P&R, entitled Leon Trotsky as Theoretician. The first draft is already included in the Collection (#4160). Also included here is Dunayevskayas draft of her Introductory comments to Part II -Alternatives, completed Dec. 14, 1970. This is the section of the book as published which is entitled On the Eve of World War II: Depression in the Economy and in Thought. An earlier draft of these introductory pages is already included in the Collection (#4269).
4. The Shock of Recognition and the Philosophic Ambivalence of Lenin.
A draft chapter completed Feb. 28, 1970. This is the third draft of what became Chapter 3 of P&R, entitled The Shock of Recognition and the Philosophic Ambivalence of Lenin. The first draft, completed in February, 1967, is missing. The second draft, completed in November, 1968, is already included in the Collection (#4261). Much of the material included here appears in Dunayevskayas article, Lenins Philosophic Ambivalence, Telos, Spring 1970.
3. Marxs Transcendence of, and Return to. the Hegelian Dialectic.
A draft chapter completed Nov. 11, 1970. This is the third draft of what became Chapter 2 of P&R, entitled A New Continent of Thought. The first draft, completed in February, 1967, is still missing. The second draft, completed in Oct., 1968, can be found in Volume VII of the Collection (#4227). Pages 26-28 of the mss. included here are missing.
2. Hegels Absolutes as New Beginnings.
A draft chapter completed Feb. 2, 1970. This is the third draft of what became chapter 1 of P&R, entitled Absolute Negativity as New Beginning. The first draft, completed in Jan., 1967, remains missing. The second draft, completed Oct. 13, 1968, is already included in the Collection (#4190). This third draft greatly expands the length of the chapter and Dunayevskayas discussion of Hegels Philosophy of Mind.
1. Part I? Economic Reality and the Dialectics of Liberation.
A draft chapter completed on March 20, 1968. In a cover letter which Dunayevskaya sent out to Dear Friends with this draft chapter (#4295), she suggested that it was likely that this chapter would be located much later in the sequence of the book, and that a new Part I would be created, entitled Why Hegel? Why Now? The draft chapter included here contains material which appears in Chapter 7 of the book as published — on the African Revolutions and the World Economy — and Chapter 2, Section 2 — on The 1850s: The Grundrisse, Then and Now. For other drafts of these sections of the book, see #4176 (completed March, 1969), and #4227 (completed October, 1968).
B. Draft Chapters of Philosophy and Revolution
The first chapter of Philosophy and Revolution (P&R) drafted in outline form by Dunayevskaya was written in the Spring of 1961 (#4316), and was entitled Subjectivity of Self-Liberation. By 1963, she drafted what was to became Chapter 6, then entitled Sartres Search for a Method to Undermine Marxism. Beginning in 1967, Dunayevskaya launched a sustained effort to draft the whole of P&R, writing nearly all the eventual nine chapters twice, and writing some chapters three times before they reached their final published form. A number of these drafts — as well as a brief selection of crucial correspondence about the draft chapters — has already been included in the Dunayevskaya Collection (#4144-4337). In recent years other draft chapters written between 1968 and 1972 have been located. They are added here.
n. Notes on Trade Unionism.
Brief comments by Dunayevskaya on labor self-organization in 19th century, and attitudes of Owen, Proudhon, Lassalle.
m. Notes on Hoang Van Chi, From Colonialism to Communism: A Case History of North Vietnam (1964).
1. Notes on Che Guevara, Notes for the study of the ideology of the Cuban Revolution.
Quotations from Guevaras writings in 1960.
k. Notes on Paris, May 1968, Solidarity pamphlet #30; Festival of the Oppressed, special issue of New Left Review, #52 (1968),
with articles by Ernest Mandel, J.M. Vincent, André Gorz, André Glucksman.
j. Notes on R. Gregorie and F. Perlman, Worker-Student Action Committees in France, 1968 (1969).
i. Notes on R.K. Kent, From Madagascar to the Malagasy Republic (1962); Adam Ulam, The Unfinished Revolution (1960).
h. Notes on Africa as Seen by American Negroes, a Prèsence Africaine publication, by the American Society for African Culture (1958).
g. Notes on C. Vann Woodward, The Strange Career of Jim Crow (1957); Elizabeth Lawson, Thaddeus Stevens (1962).
f. Notes on Tom Kahn, Unfinished Revolution (1960); James Green, Wendell Phillips (1943).
e. Notes on special issue of The Progressive on A Century of Struggle (December 1962).
Dunayevskayas summaries and comments on articles by John Hope Franklin, Richard Current, C. Vann Woodward, A. Philip Randolph.
d. Notes on Edward Cronon, Black Moses (1955).
c. Fragment of draft of Dunayevskayas American Civilization on Trial (1963).
On the Black Populist movement — the National Colored Farmers Alliance — and Tom Watsons attitude toward them.
b. Notes for Book on Relationship of Russian Communism to African Independence Movements.
Notes created in January, 1961. Much of document appeared as Dunayevskayas article, The New Russian Communist Manifesto, News & Letters (Jan. 1961).
a. Draft chapter of P&R, entitled Part IV — Subjectivity of Self-Liberation.
Probably written in Spring, 1961. This is the first known mss. from what became P&R. The mss. as included here is the one Dunayevskaya placed in this chapter file. Another copy of this mss., with different marginalia by Dunayevskaya, can be found in Vol. VII of the Dunayevskaya Collection (#4316).
12. Chapter 9 New Passions and New Forces
r. Dunayevskaya letter to John O’Neill, written May 15, 1972, and to Dear Friends, written June 16, 1972.
On C.L.R. James Notes on the Dialectic (1948).
q. Fragment from notes by Dunayevskaya on State-capitalism (as JRJ [C.L.R. James] now — 1969-1970 — explains it).
On the Hungarian Revolution; on the role of the artist.
p. Dunayevskaya letter to Editors, World Politics, written July 8, 1958.
On Daniel Bells Ten Theories in Search of Reality, World Politics (1958).
o. Notes on letters exchanged among Dunayevskaya, C.L.R. James, and Grace Lee (Boggs), in 1949.
On aspects of the Hegelian dialectic.
n. Quotation from Preface to Czechoslovakia: Revolution and Counter-Revolution, by Dunayevskaya and Harry McShane (1968).
m. Notes on Leon Trotsky, 1933-40 period.
Quotations from Trotskys writings in the 1930s excerpted by Dunayevskaya. Includes excerpts from Tragedy of the German Proletariat; Collapse of the Communist Party of Germany and Our Tasks; Joint Declaration for a New International; The Soviet Union and Fourth International; Whither France?; In Defense of Marxism; The Revolution Betrayed.
1. Notes on David Collier and Kurt Glaser, eds., Elements of Change in East Europe (1968).
k. Intellectualism and Creativity in the USSR.
Text of a lecture by Dunayevskaya given April 28, 1959, at University of California at Berkeley.
j. Notes on Nicholas Lobkowicz, Theory and Practice (1967).
i. Notes on Norman Geras, Louis Althusser: an account and an assessment, New Left Review (1972).
h. Notes on Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Western Marxism, Telos (1970).
This is a translation of a chapter from Les Aventures de la Dialectique (1955), on Lukacs History and Class Consciousness. Included here are further notes on Lukacs, History and Class Consciousness (1971), and on his Dialectics of Labor, Telos (1970).
g. Notes on George Lukacs, History and Class Consciousness (1971).
f. Notes on the Hungarian Revolution.
Includes Dunayevskayas quotations and comments taken from Melvin J. Lasky, The Hungarian Revolution (1957); Hugh Seton-Watson, Neither War Nor Peace (1960); articles from The Review (published by the Imre Nagy Institute) by Miklos Sebestyen, Balazs Nagy, and the Central Workers Council of Greater Budapest.
e. Notes on Francois Fejto, Behind the Rape of Hungary (1957).
d. Notes on Imre Nagy, Imre Nagy on Communism: In Defense of the New Course (1957); William Warde, Socialism and Humanism, International Socialist Review (1959).
c. Footnote added to the galley proofs of Dunayevskayas Marxism and Freedom in 1957.
On Titos Yugoslavia as not signifying any fundamental change in production relations in Yugoslavia, despite his break with Stalin.
b. Notes on Leszek Kolakowski, The Alienation of Reason (1968).
Two different sets of notes on this work are included here.
a. Notes on the East European articles on Marxist-Humanism.
Discussion by Dunayevskaya of articles in Erich From, ed., Socialist Humanism (1965). Dunayevskaya concentrates on articles by Suchdolski, Markovic, Kosik, Baczko, Pejovic. For the text of Dunayevskayas own contribution to this symposium, see #43565.
11. Chapter 8 East Europe
bb. Notes on Wassily Leontief, Anne Carter, Peter Petri, The Future of the World Economy, a UN study (1977).
aa. Notes on Guy Pauker, Military Implications of a Possible World Order Crisis in the 1980s, a Project AIR FORCE report by RAND Corporation (1977).
z. Notes for speech by Dunayevskaya. on Frantz Fanon, Soweto and American Black Thought,
given at City College of New York, Feb. 23, 1978.
The following documents were added to this file after Nov. 1973:
y. Notes for speech by Dunayevskaya on World Revolution and Black Revolt: Africa and U.S.,
given at University Center for Adult Education, Detroit, Oct. 27, 1972.
x. Dunayevskaya letter to Alan Wallach, written May, 1968.
A response to his critique of Dunayevskayas draft chapter on Economic Reality and the Dialectics of Liberation.
w. Fragment from notes on article by Andre Glucksman on France, 1968 in New Left Review #52, 1968.
v. Notes on journal articles on Africa: from Dissent; Western World; New Leader; International Socialism.
u. Notes on Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1963); and Paul Geismar, Fanon (1971).
t. Notes on Emile Benoit and Kenneth Goulding, eds., Disarmament and the Economy (1963), Angus Maddison, Economic Growth in the West (1964); Paul Crosser, State-Capitalism in the Economy of the U.S. (1960).
s. Notes on United Nations World Economic Survey (1966).
r. Notes on Simon Kuznets, Postwar Economic Growth (1964); Kuznets, Modern Economic Growth (1967).
q. Notes on newspaper clippings collected by Dunayevskaya while in West Africa, April, 1962.
p. Notes on George Shepperson, Independent African (1915).
o. Notes on Aimé Cesaire, The Political Thought of Sekou Toure, Prèsence Africaine (1959?).
n. Notes on George Kimble, Tropical Africa (1960).
m. Notes on Fritz Sternberg, The Military and Industrial Revolutions of Our Time (1959).
1. Notes on Jeanne Mintz, Mohamed, Marx and Marhaen: The Roots of Indonesian Socialism (1965).
k. Notes on Ronald Segal, The Anguish of India (1962).
j. Notes on John Kautsky, Moscow and the Communist Party of India (1956).
i. Notes on John Kautsky, ed., Political Change in Underdeveloped Countries (1962).
h. Notes on Thomas Melody, Profiles of African Leaders (1961).
Dunayevskayas notes concern Julius Nyerere and Sekou Toure.
g. Notes on John Marcum, The Challenge of Africa, New Leader (1960).
f. Notes on Sekou Toures Address at the Chatham House,
given Nov. 13, 1959.
e. Notes on Kenneth Kaunda and Colin Morris, Black Government
(1960).
d. Notes on George Padmore, Pan-Africanism or Communism (1955).
c. Notes on Nelson Mandela, No Easy Walk to Freedom (1965).
b. Notes on James Coleman, Nigeria: Background to Nationalism (1958).
a. Draft of proposed chapter for P&R on todays economic reality, written by an East European Marxist-Humanist in Aug., 1967.
The manuscript contains three parts: 1) State Planning; 2) Analysis of the Third World; 3) Relationship of Industrialized World to Underdeveloped. Portions of this mss. were developed in Chapter 7 of P&R.
10. Chapter 7 Africa: Economic Reality and the Dialectics of Liberation
ff. Notes on Louis Althusser, Lenin and Philosophy (1971).
Page references in these notes are to the original French edition (1968).
ee. Notes on Herbert Marcuse, Negations (1968).
dd. Notes on Herbert Marcuse, From Ontology to Technology: Tendencies of Industrial Society,
article developed by Marcuse from a course given at Ecole Pratique des Hautes, Etudes (Paris), 1958-59. This article was published in Arguments (Paris), 1960. These notes sent to Dunayevskaya by Marcuse; handnotes are by Dunayevskaya.
cc. Notes on Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man (1964).
Two different sets of notes are included here.
bb. Notes on Herbert Marcuse, An Essay on Liberation (1969).
aa. Notes on Neil McInnes on Lukacs.
Publication on which these notes are based remains unknown.
z. Notes on G.H.R. Parkinson, ed., George Lukacs: The Man, His Work, and His Ideas (1970); and George Lukacs, Social Ontology,
but limited to the chapter published in Telos (1970) as Dialectics of Labor. Two sets of notes and commentary on these works by Dunayevskaya are included, as well as quotations from Lukacs Dialectics of Labor as translated in Telos (1970), and special Lukacs issue (1972). These notes were developed in Dunayevskayas three-part article, Lukacs Philosophic Dimension, News & Letters (1973).
y. Notes on Francois Fejto, The Opening of an Era (1948).
x. Notes on Leonard Krieger, History and Existentialism in Sartre,
in Kurt Wolff and Barrington Moore, Jr., The Critical Spirit (1967).
w. Notes on R.D. Laing and D.G. Cooper, Reason and Violence (1964).
v. Notes on Paul de Man, Sartres Confessions,
a review of Sartres The Words, New York Review of Books (1964).
u. Notes on Wilfrid Desan, The Tragic Finale (1960).
t. Notes on George Novack, ed., Existentialism vs. Marxism (1966).
s. Notes on M. Cranston, Jean-Paul Sartre (1962).
r. Notes on M. Merleau-Ponty, In Praise of Philosophy” lecture given January, 1953.
Dunayevskayas notes are based on 1963 English publication.
q. Notes on M. Merleau-Ponty, Marxism and Philosophy, Politics (1947).
Two different sets of notes are included here.
p. Notes on Murice Merleau-Ponty, Phenomenology of Perception (1960).
Two different sets of notes are included here.
o. Notes on Francois Bondy, A New Sartre?, Encounter (1970).
Largely shorthand.
n. Notes on Charles Micaud, Communism and the French Left (1963).
m. Notes on Lionel Abel, Sartre and Metaphysical Stalinism, Dissent (1961).
1. Notes on special issue of Yale French Studies (1955-56) on Existentialism.
Articles by Hyppolite, Arnaud, Guicharnaud.
k. Notes on David Caute, Communism and the French Intellectuals (1964).
j. Notes on Jean Wahl, A Short History of Existentialism (1949).
i. Notes on George Lichtheim, Sartre, Marxism and History, History and Theory (1963).
Two different sets of notes are included.
h. Fragment of draft chapter on Sartre from P&R.
Probably written in 1970. One page only.
g. Report by readers from the journal Nous, commenting on Dunayevskayas 1963 article, Sartres Search for a Method.
This report was received by Dunayevskaya in January, 1967.
f. Notes on J.P. Sartre, Situations (1965).
e. Notes on J.P. Sartre, Conversation with Il Manifesto, on Masses, Spontaneity and Party, in Socialist Register (1970).
Two different sets of notes on this work are included here.
d. Notes on J.P. Sartre, Materialism and Revolution, from Philosophy in the Twentieth Century.
Essay originally written in 1946. Also included here are Dunayevskayas notes on ”Existentialism as it appears in Vol. III of Philosophy in the Twentieth Century; quotations from Martin Heidegger, Letter on Humanism.
c. Notes on J.P. Sartre, What is Literature? (1966).
b. Notes on J.P. Sartre, The Words (1964).
a. Notes on Jean-Paul Sartre, Search for a Method (1963).
This is the English edition of Question de Methode from Critique de la Raison Dialectique. Two different sets of notes are included.