‘A Very Understandable Horror of Dialectics’: Bakhtin and Marxist Phenomenology

Abstract

Interdisciplinary by design and intent, this volume brings together nine essays by established and new scholars from Russia, Britain and North America to explore the historical contexts and current relevance of the work of the Bakhtin Circle for social theory, philosophy, history and linguistics. The articles demonstrate that exploring the background of Bakhtinian thought is a better way of appreciating their significance for the analysis of contemporary social and cultural phenomena.