The Hegel-Marx Connection

CHRISTOPHER J.ARTHUR Taught philosophy at the University of Sussex DAVID BOUCHER Professor of Political Theory and Government, University of Wales, Swansea GARY K. BROWNING Professor of Politics at Oxford Brookes University TERRELL CARVER Professor of Political Theory, University of Bristol ANDREW CHITTY Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Sussex JOSEPH McCARNEY Lecturer in Philosophy, South Bank University HOWARD WILLIAMS Professor of Political Theory, University of Wales, Aberystwyth

A major and timely re-examination of key areas in the social and political thought of Hegel and Marx. The editors' extensive introduction surveys the development of the connection from the Young Hegelians through the main Marxist thinkers to contemporary debates.A major and timely re-examination of key areas in the social and political thought of Hegel and Marx. The editors' extensive introduction surveys the development of the connection from the Young Hegelians through the main Marxist thinkers to contemporary debates. Leading scholars including Terrell Carver, Chris Arthur and Gary Browning debate themes such as: the nature of the connection itself; scientific method; political economy; the Hegelian basis to Marx's 'Doctoral Dissertation'; human needs; history and international relations.