" Intelligent Materialism: Essays on Hegel and Dialectics (edited and translated by Evgeni V. Pavlov), adds another ten translated essays that focus largely on the relevance of Hegel's dialectics to Marxism, often challenging the official interpretation of Marxism in Russia, diamat . Given the inherent difficulty of Hegelian Marxism, Pavlov's translation is both elegant and accessible, while also conveying the vitality, sardonic wit and, where warranted, forceful polemical style of Ilyenkov's writings. [.] This book has further solidified Ilyenkov's significance within the canons of both Hegel and Marx scholarship, but more importantly has direct relevance in clarifying ongoing debates in Marxist circles regarding what is meant by 'materialism'." - Dom Taylor, in: Marx & Philosophy Review of Books.