Abstract

It is generally believed that the struggle between “left” and “right” Hegelians was settled sometime around the middle of the 19th century, to the detriment and disarray of the Right, who have been dispersed ever since, and that a figure popularly known as Karl Marx had something to do with the diaspora. But a reconsideration of this thesis has been prompted by the Fourth Biennial Meeting of the Hegel Society of America, held at Villanova University November 11-13, 1976. The Right Hegelians seem to have used this august body to reassemble in overwhelming numbers. What are we to make of a conference on Hegel where the name of Marx was scarcely mentioned?