Raya Dunayevskaya

Tags: Philosopher.

Raya Dunayevskaya (Russian: Ра́я Дунае́вская; 1 May 1910 – 9 June 1987) was the American founder of the philosophy of Marxist Humanism in the United States of America. At one time Leon Trotsky’s secretary she later split with him and ultimately founded the organization News and Letters Committees and was its leader until her death.

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birth date

1910-05-01

birth place

Ukraine, Russian Empire, Yaryshev

death date

1987-06-09

death place

Chicago, Illinois, United States

influenced by

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky, Rosa Luxemburg, Vladimir Lenin

LCCN Id

n/50/30542

main interest

Social theory, Praxis (process), Dialectic, Social revolution, Social movement, Marxism

notableIdea

State capitalism

philosophicalSchool

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Marxist feminism, Marxist humanism

region

Western philosophy