M. : Politizdat, 1984. — 636 s. Compiled by: Doctor of Philosophy, Professor A. P. Sheptulin (team leader), d. philos. n. and . D. Andreev, K. T. Kuznetsov, O. N. Organ, B. F. Parkin, L. I. Stanis, W. and . Stolyarov, Candidates of Philosophy B. G. Bazalin, A. A. Bolshoykhin, L. A. Maltsev, V. G. Revenko, E. About. Ter-Grigoryan, L. N. Lyakhova, M. A. Nechiporenko, V. N. Unread. The collection contains extracts from the works, the most important statements of the classics of Marxism-Leninism on the problems of dialectics and historical materialism. Its structure is based on the thematic principle .. The collection is intended for teachers, university students, as well as independently studying Marxist-Leninist philosophy, can be used in the system of party studies. Dialectical Materialism . The Subject of Dialectical Materialism . Matter and its basic forms of existence . Matter and Consciousness . Knowledge. Dialectics of Objective Reality and Knowledge . Categories of dialectics. Basic Laws of Dialectics . Principles of Criticism of Bourgeois Philosophy and Philosophical Revisionism . Historical Materialism . The Subject of Historical Materialism . Social Being and Public Consciousness . Nature and Society . Production method. Economic and Social Development. Classes and Class Struggles . Base and superstructure. Political and legal superstructure. Forms of public consciousness . The Social Revolution . Chapter Nineteen . The role of the masses and the individual in history . Chapter 20. Historical forms of community of people . Chapter 21. Marriage and family . Chapter 22. Social Progress . Index of names