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It is something of a paradox that Marx’s ideas, which were so influential in the twentieth century, are so little understood. Despite the many works that have been written on the subject, how Marx’s writings should be interpreted remains largely a matter of opinion. That one of the main questions under discussion should be whether any great change occurred between the ‘young’ and the ‘mature’ Marx is symptomatic of how little is known. It would not arise if one could state with any certainty what Marx had set out to do, and how he intended to achieve it.
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Charles Taylor’s standard account of Hegel’s thought makes only the following short reference to the terms in connection with the discussion of the Concept: The universal is shown here to be in inner relation to the particular (das Besondere). Sometimes, however, it is related to the individual (das Einzelne); and sometimes to both; for Hegel uses this analysis of the universal in a host of contexts; like many Hegelian terms it expresses a theme with many variations.’ Charles Taylor, Hegel (Cambridge, 1975), p. 113.
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White, J.D. (1996). Introduction. In: Karl Marx and the Intellectual Origins of Dialectical Materialism. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230374218_1
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