Reason and Revolution: Hegel and the Rise of Social Theory
by Herbert Marcuse
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This classic book is Marcuse's masterful interpretation of Hegel's philosophy and the influence it has had on European political thought from the French Revolution to the present day. Marcuse brilliantly illuminates the implications of Hegel's ideas with later developments in European thought, particularily with Marxist theory.Tags
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Clear explanation of Hegel’s ideas of dialectic and the role of reason in shaping history.
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Magnifica explicacion de la Teoria Revolucionaria Marxista,
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Common Knowledge
- Original title
- Reason and Revolution. Hegel and the Rise of Social Theory
- Original publication date
- 1941
- People/Characters
- Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831
- Dedication
- To Max Horkheimer and the Institute of Social Research
- First words*
- This book was written in the hope that it would make a small contribution to the revival, not of Hegel, but of a mental faculty which is in danger of being obliterated: the power of negative thinking.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)... on the day of Hitler's ascent to power 'Hegel, so to speak, died".
- Publisher's editor*
- Columbia University Press
- Original language*
- Engels
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Classifications
- Genres
- Philosophy, Sociology, Nonfiction, Literature Studies and Criticism, History, Politics and Government
- DDC/MDS
- 301 — Society, Government, and Culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Sociology and anthropology
- LCC
- HM22 .G3 .H43 — Social sciences Sociology (General) Sociology These are obsolete numbers no longer used
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- 13 — Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Piratical, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 48
- ASINs
- 22
