Young Hegelians
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The Young Hegelians were a group of 19th-century German philosophers and intellectuals who radicalized Hegel’s ideas to critique religion, politics, and society, influencing later socialist and materialist thought.
All labels observed (7)
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| Young Hegelians canonical | 8 |
| Young Hegelian movement | 4 |
| Young Hegelian | 3 |
| Young Hegelianism | 1 |
| left Hegelianism | 1 |
| left Hegelians | 1 |
| right Hegelians | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Young Hegelians Context triple: [Ludwig Feuerbach, movement, Young Hegelians]
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G. W. F. Hegel
G. W. F. Hegel was a German idealist philosopher whose dialectical method and comprehensive system of absolute idealism profoundly influenced 19th- and 20th-century philosophy, politics, and theology.
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Karl Hegel
Karl Hegel was a German historian and archivist, best known for his scholarly work on medieval and early modern German history and as the son of philosopher G. W. F. Hegel.
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Immanuel Hegel
Immanuel Hegel was a son of the German idealist philosopher G. W. F. Hegel, about whom relatively little is historically documented beyond his familial connection.
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Ludwig Feuerbach
Ludwig Feuerbach was a 19th-century German philosopher best known for his critique of religion and his influence on materialist and humanist thought.
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Neo-Kantianism
Neo-Kantianism is a late 19th- and early 20th-century philosophical movement that revived and reinterpreted Immanuel Kant’s critical philosophy, emphasizing the role of a priori concepts and the conditions of knowledge in science, ethics, and culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Young Hegelians Target entity description: The Young Hegelians were a group of 19th-century German philosophers and intellectuals who radicalized Hegel’s ideas to critique religion, politics, and society, influencing later socialist and materialist thought.
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A.
G. W. F. Hegel
G. W. F. Hegel was a German idealist philosopher whose dialectical method and comprehensive system of absolute idealism profoundly influenced 19th- and 20th-century philosophy, politics, and theology.
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B.
Karl Hegel
Karl Hegel was a German historian and archivist, best known for his scholarly work on medieval and early modern German history and as the son of philosopher G. W. F. Hegel.
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C.
Immanuel Hegel
Immanuel Hegel was a son of the German idealist philosopher G. W. F. Hegel, about whom relatively little is historically documented beyond his familial connection.
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D.
Ludwig Feuerbach
Ludwig Feuerbach was a 19th-century German philosopher best known for his critique of religion and his influence on materialist and humanist thought.
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Neo-Kantianism
Neo-Kantianism is a late 19th- and early 20th-century philosophical movement that revived and reinterpreted Immanuel Kant’s critical philosophy, emphasizing the role of a priori concepts and the conditions of knowledge in science, ethics, and culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
intellectual circle
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philosophical movement ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
critique of religion
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critique of the Prussian state ⓘ critique of traditional morality ⓘ historical progress ⓘ human emancipation ⓘ radicalization of Hegelian philosophy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| dissolvedBy |
political repression in the 1840s
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shifts toward materialism and Marxism ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biblical criticism
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philosophy of religion ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ social criticism ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Arnold Ruge
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Bruno Bauer ⓘ David Friedrich Strauss ⓘ Eduard Gans ⓘ Friedrich Engels ⓘ Heinrich Heine ⓘ Karl Ludwig Michelet ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ Ludwig Feuerbach ⓘ Max Stirner ⓘ Moses Hess ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Vormärz
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surface form:
Vormärz period in Germany
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| ideologicalFocus |
democratic reform
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freedom of the press ⓘ separation of church and state ⓘ |
| ideologicalOrientation | left Hegelianism ⓘ |
| influenced |
Marxism
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atheism ⓘ communism ⓘ critical theory ⓘ existentialism ⓘ historical materialism ⓘ secular humanism ⓘ socialism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
G. W. F. Hegel
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surface form:
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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| locationOfActivity |
Berlin
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Prussia ⓘ Rhineland ⓘ |
| mainActivityPeriod |
1830s
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1840s ⓘ |
| methodologicalApproach |
historical criticism of scripture
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immanent critique of Hegel ⓘ |
| notableWorkAssociated |
The Ego and Its Own
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The Essence of Christianity ⓘ The German Ideology ⓘ The Holy Family ⓘ The Life of Jesus Critically Examined ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Old Hegelians
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Landeskirche ⓘ
surface form:
Prussian state church
conservative Hegelianism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | German idealism ⓘ |
| religiousStance |
atheism
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religious skepticism ⓘ |
| temporalCoverage | 19th century ⓘ |
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