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On Marx, Hegel, and Critical Theory in Postwar Germany: A Conversation with Iring Fetscher

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This paper consists of an introduction to the life and work of Iring Fetscher by the interviewer, followed by a conversation with Fetscher, and notes. In the interview, Fetscher discusses his relationship to Marxism, Hegelianism, Lukács, and the Frankfurt School, as well as his critique of Althusser. The contribution of Fetscher, an extremely well-known German specialist on Soviet and Marxist thought, is here discussed in greater detail than anywhere else to date in the English-language scholarly literature.

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Anderson, K. On Marx, Hegel, and Critical Theory in Postwar Germany: A Conversation with Iring Fetscher. Studies in East European Thought 50, 1–18 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008626805846

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