''Das Argument: Zeitschrift für Philosophie und Sozialwissenschaften'' (English: ''The Argument: Journal for Philosophy and Social Sciences'') is a bimonthly German

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covering

philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

and

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from a

Marxist Marxism is a political philosophy and method of socioeconomic analysis. It uses a dialectical and materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to analyse class relations, social conflic ...

viewpoint. It was established in 1959 as an independent

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journal. Each issue of the journal is devoted to a specific theme and contains a substantial review section.

History

The journal emerged from the protests against West German remilitarization. Since 1959, the

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has been the Marxist

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

Wolfgang Fritz Haug (

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). The journal is published by the Berlin Institute of Critical Theory.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: *

International Bibliography of Periodical Literature International Bibliography of Periodical Literature (IBZ: ''Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur'') covers the academic journal literature in the humanities, social sciences, and related disciplines. Coverage includes journals f ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Argument, Das Academic journals established in 1959 German-language journals Marxist journals Political philosophy journals Bimonthly journals 1959 establishments in West Germany

History

Abstracting and indexing

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