A Brief Analysis of Young Marx’s Theory of the State: An Examination Based on the Crozach Notes and Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right 
Long Yidi

School of Marxism Jilin University, Changchun Jilin, 130012;

Abstract: The young Marx turned to academic research from the social arena, reflecting on Hegelian philosophy through practical concerns and critically inheriting the ideas of Feuerbach. In Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, he employed a method of “inverting subject and object”, to challenge Hegel’s vision of the rational state, proposing the significant notion that civil society determines the state. His contemporaneous Crozach Notes laid the groundwork for his deep historical analysis and the construction of his own political philosophy.

Keywords: Marx; The Crozach Notes; Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right; Theory of the State

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