History, Philosophy of, 19th Century German Philosophy, Marxism, Radical Thought
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Overview
In this brilliant work, first published in 1936, Sydney Hook seeks to resolve one of the classic problems of European intellectual history: how the political radicalism and philosophical materialism of Karl Marx issued from the mystical and conservative intellectual system of G.W.F. Hegel.From Hegel to Marx traces the writings of the young Marx from is early Hegelianism until the genesis of his own distinctive world-view on the eve of the European revolutions of 1848. Rather than merely compare Hegel and Marx, Hook recreates Marx's debates with his associates and contemporaries of the late 1830's and early 1840's, known collectively as the Young Hegelians: Moses Hess, Bruno and Edgar Bauer, Arnold Ruge, Max Stirner and Ludwig Feuerbach. Marx only arrived at his theory of historical materialism, Hook argues, through a series of critical exchanges with each of the Young Hegelians.Editorials
The New Republic
The most valuable exposition of Marx and Engels which has yet to be written in English.
Edmund Wilson
The most valuable exposition of Marx and Engels which has yet to be written in English.Booknews
****Cited in BCL3. This is a reprint of the Humanities Press edition of 1950 with a substantial new foreword by Christopher Phelps. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
May 27, 1994
Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, c1994.
Pages
335
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780231096652