Andy Blunden is an independent scholar in Melbourne. He has published on Soviet Psychology, Hegel's philosophy and the foundations of political science. Andy has served as editor of Mind, Culture, and Activity and as Secretary of the Marxists Internet Archive.

• AcknowledgementsAnalytical Contents ListList of IllustrationsIntroduction1  What Is the Difference between Hegel and Marx?1 The Main Difference between Hegel and Marx Is the Times They Lived In2 The Young Marx vs. Hegel on the State3 Hegel and Marx on Universal Suffrage4 Marx and Hegel on the State5 Hegel’s Misogyny6 Hegel’s Failure to See the Contradiction in the Value of Commodities7 Universal Suffrage and Participatory Democracy8 In What Sense Was Hegel an Idealist?9 Turning Hegel on His head10 Goethe, Hegel and Marx11 Summary2  The Unit of Analysis and Germ Cell in Hegel, Marx and Vygotsky1 Part 1: From Goethe to Marx2 Part 2: Vygotsky and Activity Theory3  Concrete Historicism as a Research Paradigm1 Structuralism and Abstract Historicism2 Concrete Historicism3 The Germ Cell4 Conclusion4  Perezhivanie as Human Self-Creation1 Introduction2 No Mystery3 An Experience4 Etymology5 Catharsis6 Personality7 Continuity and Discontinuity8 Unity9 Lived Experiences10 Units11 Development12 Reflection13 Examples14 Critiques15 Perezhivaniya on the Social-Historical Plane16 Conclusion5  Agency1 The Domains of Self-Determination2 Free Will3 The Natural Will4 The Development of the Will in Childhood5 Self-Control6