Re: Materialism

[HANS DESPAIN <HANS.DESPAIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


On Sat, 17 Feb 1996 glevy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> HANS DESPAIN wrote:
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> > 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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