Studies on Marx and Hegel

Studies on Marx and Hegel (French: Études sur Marx et Hegel) is a 1955 book about the philosophers Karl Marx and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel by the French philosopher Jean Hyppolite. Commentators have praised the book, which has been credited with showing Hegel's anticipation of existentialism.

Studies on Marx and Hegel
Cover of the first edition
AuthorJean Hyppolite
Original titleÉtudes sur Marx et Hegel
TranslatorJohn O'Neill
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
SubjectsGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Karl Marx
PublisherMarcel Rivière et Cie, Heinemann Educational Books Ltd
Publication date
1955
Published in English
1969
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages202 (1969 English edition)
ISBN978-0061317668

Summary

Hyppolite provides assessments of Hegel's The Phenomenology of Spirit (1807), including its discussion of the French Revolution. He also assesses Hegel's Science of Logic, Marx's Das Kapital (1867–1883), and Marx's critique of Hegel's Elements of the Philosophy of Right (1820), and discusses György Lukács's The Young Hegel (1938), and subjects such as existentialism and alienation. He writes that the naturalist Charles Darwin influenced Marx, despite the difference of outlook between Darwin and Hegel, another influence on Marx.[1]

Publication history

Studies on Marx and Hegel was published by Marcel Rivière et Cie in 1955. In 1969, an English translation by John O'Neill was published by Heinemann Educational Books Ltd.[2] The translation contains an introduction by O'Neill.[3]

Reception

Studies on Marx and Hegel has been praised by the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, who concluded that Hyppolite was at least partially successful in his attempt to reinterpret Hegel as an existentialist,[4] the historian Peter Gay, who described the book as one of the best discussions of alienation in the literature on Marx and Hegel,[5] and the political scientist David McLellan, who called the book profound.[6] The book received positive reviews from Michael Faia in American Sociological Review and McLellan in Sociology.[7][8]

Faia credited Hyppolite with helping to clarify Hegel's philosophy, and with showing Marx's indebtedness to Darwin. He also maintained that Hyppolite showed Hegel's anticipation of the ideas of existentialism.[7] McLellan found the book a welcome addition to the literature on the early Marx and the relationship of Marx to Hegel, but considered the material on Marx to be of greater interest than that on Hegel. He also criticized the omission of information about where and when the essays in the book were originally published.[8]

References
  1. Hyppolite 1969, pp. 3, 23, 28, 35–69, 70, 94, 169, 126–130.
  2. Hyppolite 1969, p. iii.
  3. O'Neill 1969, pp. xi–xx.
  4. Sartre 1968, p. 9.
  5. Gay 1986, p. 458.
  6. McLellan 1995, p. 442.
  7. Faia 1970, pp. 767–768.
  8. McLellan 1972, p. 140.

Bibliography
Books
  • Gay, Peter (1986). The Bourgeois Experience Victoria to Freud. Volume II: The Tender Passion. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-503741-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Hyppolite, Jean (1969). Studies on Marx and Hegel. London: Heinemann.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • McLellan, David (1995). Karl Marx: A Biography. London: Papermac. ISBN 0-333-63947-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • O'Neill, John (1969). "Introduction: Hegel and Marx on History as Human History". Studies on Marx and Hegel. London: Heinemann Educational Ltd.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Sartre, Jean-Paul (1968). Search for a Method. New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 0-394-70464-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Journals
  • Faia, Michael (1970). "Studies on Marx and Hegel (Book)". American Sociological Review. 35 (4).CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)  – via EBSCO's Academic Search Complete (subscription required)
  • McLellan, David (1972). "Studies on Marx and Hegel". Sociology. 6 (1).CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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