Walter Dirks und der junge Marx: Zu Walter Dirks' Aufsatz „Marxismus in christlicher Sicht“
In his early writings, Marx was, so Dirks claims, the first to attempt to philosophize from the point of view of the proletariat, and so to break through the bourgeois traditions of this craft. According to Marx, the individual member of the proletariat, because he was 'naked'and 'def...
| Published in: | Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte |
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| Language: | German |
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
1994
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Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte
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| Summary: | In his early writings, Marx was, so Dirks claims, the first to attempt to philosophize from the point of view of the proletariat, and so to break through the bourgeois traditions of this craft. According to Marx, the individual member of the proletariat, because he was 'naked'and 'defenceless', could be compared to the Christian image of the pilgrim who places his hopes in solidarity. Marx's identification with the proletariat is seen by Dirks as a Christian act of expressing solidarity with one's neighbour. Of course, Dirks does not underestimate the continuing differences between Christianity and Marxism, but nevertheless he seeks to show that, despite all the differences, Marx was trying to liberate Christian ideas from their bourgeois 'captivity', and to justify the Marxist attacks on the bourgeois ideology in the name of a better Christianity. If Christians could be brought to acknowledge what was genuine about Marxism, they would then recognise the necessity of facing the historical situation head on, and so become capable of radical action. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-808X |
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