2. Transcending Hegel

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. 1. Jew? Of Jewish Origin? A Converted Jew? 1
5. 2. Transcending Hegel 18
6. 3. “Zur Judenfrage” 41
7. 4. Paris and Brussels: Formative Years 55
8. 5. The Communist Manifesto and the Revolutions of 1848 84
9. 6. London: From Abject Penury to Middle-Class Existence 101
10. 7. The First International and Das Kapital 122
11. 8. The Paris Commune and the Gotha Program: Debacle and Hope 149
12. 9. Toward the Sunset 174
13. 10. A Historical Perspective: Impact and Legacy 186
14. Epilogue: Distant Echoes? 194
15. A note on sources and further reading 199
16. Acknowledgments 203
17. Index 205