Critical Criticism

so loved the mass that it sent its only begotten son — and became socialist, and spoke of 'works on pauperism'.

Recast in definition form from: “And therefore Criticism has so loved the mass that it sent its only begotten son, that all who believe in him may not be lost, but may have Critical life. In other words, Criticism becomes socialistic and speaks of "works on pauperism.”

as Absolute Subject requires a cult, and a real cult requires other believers, hence the correspondents.

Recast in definition form from: “The Absolute Subject requires a cult. A real cult requires other believing individuals. The Holy Family of Charlottenburg therefore receives from its correspondents the cult due to it.”

becomes real to itself only against its opposite, stupidity — and so must continually produce that stupidity for itself.

Recast in definition form from: “Critical Criticism, which becomes objective to itself only in relation to its antithesis, to the Mass, to stupidity, is consequently obliged continually to produce this antithesis for itself, and Herren Faucher, Edgar and Szeliga have supplied sufficient proof of their Virtuosity in their speciality, the mass stupefaction of persons and things.”

makes its social society into society multiplied by itself, a Critical heaven from which the real world is excluded as an un-Critical hell.

Recast in definition form from: “In a word, this society is nothing but the Critical heaven from which the real world is excluded as being the un-Critical hell.”

purged the adulteration of spirit by matter by sparing its own flesh and crucifying the flesh of others.

Recast in definition form from: “Thus Criticism did away with the adulteration of spirit by matter and of criticism by mass by sparing its own flesh and crucifying the flesh of others.”

proves by Hegel's logic, in four pages, why everything had to happen exactly as it did and why no god could have prevented it.

Recast in definition form from: “Criticism disposes of these important questions with rare thoroughness in four pages, proving by means of Hegel's logic why everything had to happen as it did and why no god could have prevented it.”

is a ruminant animal, forever warming up a few crumbs dropped by Hegel — and transcending Hegel by repeating him.

Recast in definition form from: “Critical Criticism is a ruminant animal. It keeps on warming up a few crumbs dropped by Hegel, like the above-quoted proposition about the "old" and the "new", or again that about the "development of the extreme out of its opposite extreme", and the like Hegel, on the contrary, it continually transcends "Critically" by repeating him.”

is speculation reproducing itself as a caricature — criticism itself turned into a transcendent power.

Recast in definition form from: “What we are combating in Bauer's criticism is precisely speculation reproducing itself as a caricature. We see in it the most complete expression of the Christian-Germanic principle, which makes its last effort by transforming "criticism" itself into a transcendent power.”

arrogance

polemics

stupidity

historical materialism

masses

praxis

Hegelianism

idealism

abstraction

contempt

self-consciousness

speculative philosophy

Berlin

Bruno Bauer

Young Hegelians

art criticism

bad review

body shaming

book review

critical criticism, n.Definitions

critical criticism