Description

This glossary contains approximately 1000 Russian philosophical terms, arranged in Russian alphabetical order, numbered and followed by English, German and French equivalents. The terms chosen are (a) those having a specific meaning in Soviet philosophy (e.g. zakony dialektiky); (b) central terms appearing in Russian philosophical texts (e.g. poznanie); (c) terms regularly appearing in Russian philosophical texts, being in different degrees necessary to the expression of philosophical thought (e.g. orudie, svet, etc.). There are relatively clear criteria as to what terms belong to group (a); for (b) and even more for (c) the criteria are of course extremely vague. The limited selection that had to be made in such a brief glossary, is due to the experience and reading of the author and of those who were kind enough to collaborate. The main object of this work is to facilitate the study of Soviet phi- losophy - a study which necessarily begins with the learning of the technical language involved. This is why a star-system was applied to the numbered list of Russian expressions. A * indicates an expression having a special meaning or being central in Soviet philosophy. This will help the student to first acquire the most basic vocabulary. The central list of expressions is followed by indexes in English, German and French. In these indexes, each expression is followed by one or several numbers, which refer to the numbered list of Russian expressions. Thus, the indexes provide for easy cross-reference.