Four Western Marxism and German Idealism l, the move from Neo-Kantianism to Hegelianism(Bloch, Lukacs) Neo-Kantianism: the separation between the world of fact and the world of value eorge Simmel: the separation between culture and civilization Max Weber: the separation between the world of rationalization and the ethics of responsibility(for the political leaders) Modernist art ."Art is for the sake of art Hegelianism: Substance is Subject Only one world To make the life given to us intelligible and meaningful 2, the hegelian Dialectic and the marxist revolution The Hegelian Dialectic: the coincidence of history and genesis Revolution: the making of history Thinking: participate in the genesis of history 3,“ the adventures of dialectic” The dialectic of subject and object The dialectic of theory and praxis The d ialectic of intellectuals and mass From the dialectic of totality to the negative dialectic From the dialectical reason(Sartre) to the scientific anti-humanism Five, Western Marxism and religion 1, Marx and engles' criticism of religion A, from the young Hegelian criticism of religion to the decisive positive transcendence of religion the limitations of the young Hegelian criticism of religion the origin and the dual functions of religion justification and protest) the decisive positive transcendence of religion(the abolishment of the state and the revolution of the civil society) B, from the criticism of abstract religion to the criticism of commodity fetishism Judaism(the secular version: the worship of Money) is the spirit of the civil society The Commod ity Fetishism in the Capitalist Society C, the alliance between religion and marxism Engles The early Christianity and communism(the history of the early Christianity) The German Peasants' War and the Christian religion(on the german Peasants War) 2, the importance of religion for this group of Jewish European thinkers A, the jewish Question B, Max Weber: the Protestant Ethic and the spirit of capitalism2 Four, Western Marxism and German Idealism 1, the move from Neo-Kantianism to Hegelianism (Bloch, Lukacs) Neo-Kantianism: the separation between the world of fact and the world of value George Simmel: the separation between culture and civilization Max Weber: the separation between the world of rationalization and the ethics of responsibility (for the political leaders) Modernist Art: “Art is for the sake of Art” Hegelianism: Substance is Subject Only one world To make the life given to us intelligible and meaningful 2, the Hegelian Dialectic and the Marxist Revolution The Hegelian Dialectic: the coincidence of history and genesis Revolution: the making of history Thinking: participate in the genesis of history 3, “the Adventures of Dialectic” The dialectic of subject and object The dialectic of theory and praxis The dialectic of intellectuals and mass From the dialectic of totality to the negative dialectic From the dialectical reason (Sartre) to the scientific anti-humanism … Five, Western Marxism and Religion 1, Marx and Engles’ Criticism of religion A, from the young Hegelian criticism of religion to the decisive positive transcendence of religion the limitations of the young Hegelian criticism of religion the origin and the dual functions of religion(justification and protest) the decisive positive transcendence of religion (the abolishment of the state and the revolution of the civil society) B, from the criticism of abstract religion to the criticism of commodity fetishism Judaism (the secular version: the worship of Money) is the spirit of the civil society The Commodity Fetishism in the Capitalist Society C, the alliance between religion and Marxism Engles: The early Christianity and communism (the history of the early Chrisitianity) The German Peasants’ War and the Christian Religion (on the German Peasants War) 2, the importance of religion for this group of Jewish European thinkers A, the Jewish Question B, Max Weber: the Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism