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Marx, the Young Hegelians, and the Origins of Radical Social Theory: Dethroning the Self

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Marx, the Young Hegelians, and the Origins of Radical Social Theory: Dethroning the Self
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Warren Breckman
SeriesModern European Philosophy
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:348
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 154
Category/GenreWestern philosophy - c 1600 to c 1900
ISBN/Barcode 9780521003803
ClassificationsDewey:193
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 19 February 2001
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This is the first major study of Marx and the Young Hegelians in twenty years. The book offers a new interpretation of Marx's early development, the political dimension of Young Hegelianism, and that movement's relationship to political and intellectual currents in early nineteenth-century Germany. Warren Breckman challenges the orthodox distinction drawn between the exclusively religious concerns of Hegelians in the 1830s and the sociopolitical preoccupations of the 1840s. He shows that there are inextricable connections between the theological, political and social discourses of the Hegelians in the 1830s. The book draws together an account of major figures such as Feuerbach and Marx, with discussions of lesser-known but significant figures such as Eduard Gans, August Cieszkowski, Moses Hess, F. W. J. Schelling as well as such movements as French Saint-Simonianism and 'positive philosophy'. Wide-ranging in scope and synthetic in approach, this is an important book for historians of philosophy, theology, political theory and nineteenth-century ideas.

Reviews

"An exemplary exercise in considered, evenhanded delineation of the development of ideas and their relation to their historical circumstance, including not only the major thinkers of the era, but equally those lesser known who advanced or altered the debate." Review of Metaphysics