MARXISM AND ROMANTICISM: MARX'S DEBT TO GERMAN CONSERVATISM
In: Political studies, Volume 22, Issue 4, p. 400-413
ISSN: 0032-3217
THE POPULAR "FROM HEGEL TO MARY" NOTION OF THE ORIGINS OF MARXISM IS OBVIOUSLY CORRECT AS FAR AS IT GOES, BUT IT IS STILL TOO NARROW A BASE ON WHICH TO APPRECIATE THE INFLUENCE ON MARX OF HIS GERMAN INTELLECTUAL ENVIRONMENT. SOME OF THE SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES OF MARXISM DERIVE FROM THE CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL THINKING DEVELOPED BY GERMAN ROMANTICS IN THE YEARS AFTER THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.