Philosophy and Revolution: From Kant to Marx

Philosophy and Revolution: From Kant to Marx

by StathisKouvelakis (Author), Stathis Kouvelakis (Author)

Synopsis

In this ambitious and original study, Stathis Kouvelakis paints a rich panorama of the key intellectual and political figures in the effervescence of German thought before the 1848 revolutions. He shows how the attempt to chart a moderate, reformist path entered into crisis, generating two antagonistic perspectives within the progressive currents of German society. On one side were those socialists - such as Moses Hess and the young Friedrich Engels - who sought to discover a principle of harmony in social relations. On the other side, the poet Heinrich Heine and the young Karl Marx developed a new perspective, articulating revolutionary rupture, thereby redefining the very notion of politics itself. This new edition of the book includes a long interview with Kouvelakis which puts the work in context.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 456
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 20 Nov 2018

ISBN 10: 178663578X
ISBN 13: 9781786635785

Media Reviews
Quite simply the best study of the 'young Marx' (pre-1848) and his immediate predecessors I have ever read. --Science & Society Perhaps the first truly original new version of [Marx's] formation since Auguste Cornu's monumental postwar history ... but also a new theory of what is structurally most central and distinctive in Marx's achievement, namely the unique political nature and powers of the proletariat. --Fredric Jameson, from the Preface
Author Bio
Stathis Kouvelakis is Reader in Political Theory at King's College London, and author and editor of many books.