From Hegel to Marx: Studies in the Intellectual Development of Karl Marx (A Morningside Book) [Paperback]

Sidney Hook (Author)

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Series: A Morningside Book | Publication Date: June 23, 1994

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. This edition contains a forward by Christopher Phelps discussing Hook's career and the significance of From Hegel to Marx in the history of ideas.

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The most valuable exposition of Marx and Engels which has yet to be written in English.

(The New Republic )

Product Details

• Paperback: 335 pages
• Publisher: Columbia University Press; Columbia University Press Morningside ed edition (June 23, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0231096658
• ISBN-13: 978-0231096652
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,878,010 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From Hegel to Marx-, May 29, 2000

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This review is from: From Hegel to Marx: Studies in the Intellectual Development of Karl Marx (A Morningside Book) (Paperback)

Sidney Hook analyzes the two philosophers utilizing opposition among Hegelian and Marxist theory: ethical idealism, dialectics, and continuity. This allows the reader to adopt the differences between the two influential authors,thereby introducing major theories written by Marx and Hegel. The remaining chapters interject comparisons between Karl Marx and esteemed German philosophers who studied Hegel, contributed or correlated with Marxist philosophy. Overall, the text forms an essential basis to the understanding and development of Marxist philosophy, and the struggles of a young-Hegelian in the nineteenth century.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The world of the Young Hegelians, March 4, 2005

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This review is from: From Hegel to Marx: Studies in the Intellectual Development of Karl Marx (A Morningside Book) (Paperback)

This is still one of the most interesting treatments of the development of German classical philosophy from Hegel to Marx via the world of the Young Hegelians in the generation after the death of Hegel up to the revolutions of 1848. The string of remarkable figures, Strauss, Bauer, Ruge, Stirner, Hess, and Feuerbach, with whom Marx interacted needs a careful account from someone like Hook, although there have been a number of more recent accounts.