21. The Soviet Reception of Hegel as State Ideology (1920-1953)

Kai Froeb 2026

Part VI: The Interwar Period (1920-1945)

  1. Lenin and the “Philosophical Notebooks” (1914-1916) - The Most Productive Marxist Appropriation of Hegel and Its Missed Impact
  2. The Institutionalization of Soviet Philosophy (1918-1928) - Between Aspiration and Reality
  3. The Deborin School - The Most Differentiated Marxist Interpretation of Hegel in the Early Soviet Period
  4. The Struggle “Mechanists versus Dialecticians” (1924-1929) - The Last Genuine Philosophical Debate
  5. The End of Philosophical Plurality - The Central Committee Resolution of January 25, 1931
  6. The Stalinization of Dialectics (1931-1938) - Freezing into Dogma
  7. The “Short Course” and the End of Philosophy (1938-1953)
  8. Assessment: The Paradox of the Soviet Reception of Hegel

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