A reading of the relationship between quantity and quality in dialectical logic from Henri Lefebvre

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Abstract

In this article, I interpret the relationship between the categories of quantity and quality from the work of the dialectical materialism of Henri Lefebvre. For this, after a brief introduction of the Biobibliography of Henri Lefebvre, this relationship is reconstructed from the book Formal Logic/ Dialectical Logic as the first volume of a project soon abandoned in circumstances that were explained. As a second step, I explore the relationship between the categories of quantity and quality, on the one hand, and the concept of open totality in the work of the French author, on the other hand. At the end of the essay I indicate how the mediations put throughout the work can become productive for future interpretations of historiographical materials.

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Author Biography

João Pedro Lopes Fernandes, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

PhD candidate in Law at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). Holds a Master's and a Bachelor's degree in Law from UFMG.

References

ELDEN, Stuart. Understanding Henri Lefebvre: theory and the possible. London and New York City: Continuum, 2004.

JAY, Martin. Marxism and Totality: the adventures of a concept from Lukács to Habermas. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1984.

LEFEBVRE, Henri. La notion de totalité dans les sciences sociales. Cahiers internationaux de Sociologie, n. 18. Janvier- Juin, 1955.

LEFEBVRE, Henri. Lógica Formal Lógica Dialética. 2. ed. Tradução: Carlos Nelson Coutinho. Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira, 1979.

LEFEBVRE, Henri. Logique Formelle Logique Dialectique. Troisième Edition avec une nouvelle introduction. Editions Sociales: Paris, 1982.

Published

2024-10-29

How to Cite

Lopes Fernandes, J. P. (2024). A reading of the relationship between quantity and quality in dialectical logic from Henri Lefebvre. CAAP Journal, 29(1), 1–15. Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/caap/article/view/51716