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[edit] discussion of merge with/separation from Marxist theory
This article was (relatively) recently merged with Marxist theory, and I can't seem to find any discussion of the reasons for this change. In my opinion, the two subjects deserve to be separated for better coverage -- of the broad theoretical program of Marxism, as opposed to the narrower set of works that are emphatically within philosophy but informed by Marxist thought. (Since many Wikipedians who edit this set of articles seem interested in Althusser, I'll just point to his essay "Is It Simple to be a Marxist in Philosophy?" as a good piece on this distinction.) The older version of the article, as of about this edit, was more specifically about Marxism in philosophy; since then, a lot of (good!) content on the roots and development of Marx's thought has been added, and it's not apparently primarily covering its philosophical aspects. Now, I may be somewhat biased because I wrote much of the older version (though I'll happily concede that it needed a lot of improvement and augmenting whether kept separate from Marxist theory or not) -- but in any case, I'd like to hear other Wikipedians' opinions about the separation or joining of the two topics. My own opinion is that both Marxist theory and Marxist philosophy are better served by coverage in separate articles, though there is inevitably a lot of overlap. -- Rbellin|Talk 05:19, 31 July 2006 (UTC) This may have limited relevance to the question of the merger, but the representation of Hegelian philosophy on this page is woefully inadequate; in particular, the attribution of the thesis-antithesis-synthesis idea to Hegel comes via Kojeve (as far as I know) and is NOT an Hegelian notion. This section should be cross-checked with, eg the Stanford Encyc. of Philos. page on Hegel for accuracy. As a 'philosophy' page, in particular, as opposed to a 'theory' page (accepting that there is some such distinction) this should be a priority. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zturnbull (talk • contribs) 17:53, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] very uncommon word
Perhaps "rejectal" should be replaced with something else like "rejection" in the following sentence: "The criteria of acceptation or rejectal .." as rejectal doesn't seem to be an English word .. although I know words can be coined ad hoc. Also, I think "acceptance" is less posh a word than "acceptation" and would better convey the intended meaning as well, so it should be used instead "acceptation".
