Menshevizing idealism explained

Menshevizing idealism, also known as menshevistic idealism (ru|меньшевиствующий идеализм), is a term that was widely used in Soviet Marxist literature and referred to the errors committed in philosophy by Abram Deborin’s group. The term was coined by Joseph Stalin in 1930.^{[1] [2]} According to Soviet philosophers, Menshevistic idealism tried to identify Marxist dialectics with Hegel’s, divorced theory from practice, and underestimated the Leninist stage in the development of philosophy.^[3]

Further reading

• Коршунов Н. Б. Так называемый «меньшевиствующий идеализм» в аспекте философских дискуссий начала 30-х годов в СССР. Диссертация на соискание учёной степени кандидата философских наук : 09.00.03. — Москва, 2003. — 248 с.

Notes and References

1. Somerville . John . May 1946 . Basic Trends in Soviet Philosophy . . 55 . 3 . 258 . 10.2307/2181667 . 2181667 . 26 July 2022.
2. Book: Michaelson . Greg . Menshevising Idealism: or why the Soviet Union didn't develop the first computers . 3 December 2020 . .
3. A Dictionary of Philosophy by Mark Rosenthal and Pavel Yudin (Progress Publishers, 1967).