The Legacy of Hegel

Hegel's Life time

1770 - 1831: See Biography of Hegel
1802: Hegel drafts System der Sittlichkeit & delivers Jena lectures on Realphilosophie.
1806: Publication of the Phenomenology.
1812 - 1816: Publication of The Science of Logic in three Books.
1815: Congress of Vienna ending Napoleonic Wars
1817 - 1830: Encyclopedia published in successive revisions
1821: Publication of Philosophy of Right.

Hegel dies in 1831

1831 - 1841 is the apogee of "Hegelianism"

Expurgation of Hegelianism 1841

See “1841” on “expurgation of Hegelianism”

Marx & Engels

Marx dies 1883

Engels dies 1895

Kautsky is leader of world Marxist movement, with Plekhanov, Luxemburg, Bebel, ...

Lenin dies 1922

Stalin is leader of world Communist movement, with Mao, Bukharin, ...

Rediscovery of Hegel

  • 1923: Lukacs' History & Class Consciousness and Korsch's Marxism & Philosophy.
  • 1928 - 1933: Walter Benjamin - "Frankfurt School".
  • 1929: First Publication of Lenin's Philosophical Notebooks in Russian
  • 1930: Dunayevskaya deciphers Marx's 1844 Manuscripts (date uncertain)
  • 1932: First publication of Marx's 1844 Manuscripts in German
  • 1933: First publication of Hegel's Realphilosophie
See Hegelianism in the 20th Century by Mario Rossi, and an excerpt from an email discussion on “Hegelian Marxists”.


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