Young Hegelians - (Humanities Paperback Library) by Lawrence S Stepelevich (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

The course of Western philosophy has been profoundly altered by the philosophy of Hegel. The first of those who set about the transforming and revisioning of the world according to Hegel's dialectical theory were called "The Young Hegelians." Today, the most recognized names among them are Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, but in their own age each of the Young Hegelians shared an equal notoriety. Each in turn, from Strauss with his reduction of the historical jesus into a Messianic myth, to Stirner with his uncompromising egoism, shocked every cultural convention of their age. The aftershocks of their unrestrained criticism have forever altered the topography of our own. The Young Hegelians retrieves some of the central writings of that troubling generation.

Review Quotes

""There have been book-length studies of the Young Hegelians as a whole and also several studies devoted to individual members. Now Lawrence Stepelevich has produced the first anthology of their writings available in English, and it is excellent. Some of the extracts are here in English for the first time, the editorial comment is short and to the point, and the whole is long enough to give a substantial impression of the various writers from Strauss and Cieszkowski to Stirner and Schmidt."-Ethics

About the Author

Lawrence S. Stepelevich is professor of philosophy at Villanova University. From 1977 to 1996 he was the editor of the journal of the Hegel Society of America, The Owl of Minerva.