Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 18:26:12 -0700 (MST)
From: HANS DESPAIN <HANS.DESPAIN-AT-m.cc.utah.edu>
Subject: Re: Materialism


Jerry, it has been a while since i have formally studied the Young 
Hegelians, but i remain very interested these thinkers.

Below, Jerry asks for a source of, i believe specifically, Feuerbach's 
reading of *Capital*.  I will have to search for the specific reference i 
have in mind.  However, there are a number (four, five, or six) of 
excellent books on the Young Hegelians.  Two of the best are David 
McLellan's *The Young Hegelians and Karl Marx* (1969), and Sidney Hook's 
*From Hegel to Marx* (1950).  Also there is a Journal which held a 
"symposium" of sorts on the Young Hegelians, this is quite old, but very 
very good (does any remember or know this journal?).

However, the specific reference probably comes from Eugene Kamenka's book 
*The Philosophy of Ludwig Feuerbach* (1970).  Moreover, he has the 
"Feuerbach" entry in *A Dictionary of Marxist Thought* 2nd ed. which 
briefly menitons this point: "In 1868 he [Feuerbach] read Marx's *Capital* 
and praised it for its exposure of horrible, inhuman conditions; in 1870 he 
joined the Social Democratic Party" (p. 197). 

i do not know of any of these above authors emphasizing Feuerbach's 
relational sociology; however, the relational sociology of Marx is often 
understood to be rooted in Hegel.  It seems to me that this is a theme 
that is first brought forth in a materialist (and\or humanist) form by 
Feuerbach, as i suggested in my previous post.  

And (from memory) usually it is explained that Marx returns to Hegel, to 
critique Feuerbach's naturalistic humanism.  i want to suggest that 
although Feuerbach has this tendency of a naturalistic human nature, the 
seeds of a relational approach are also provided by Feuerbach.

hans despain
University of Utah
despain-AT-econ.sbs.utah.edu


On Sat, 17 Feb 1996 glevy-AT-acnet.pratt.edu wrote:

> HANS DESPAIN wrote:
> 
> > Feuerbach, btw, did read *Capital* and was especially affectionate toward 
> > the way Marx exposed the inhumane conditions of capitalism.
> 
> Did F write anything about Capital? What is the source, Hans, for the 
> above? Sounds interesting.
> 
> Jerry
> 
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