Some demarcations of the Marx-Bauer debate on “critique” and “crisis”

Abstract

This article aims to investigate, based on a primarily historical-political recovery, the Marx-Bauer debate around the critical-crisis conceptual duo in the period from 1841 to 1844, from the elaboration of Die Posaune (1841) which demarcates the project of a joint work, to the clearest form of the controversy among the authors in Was ist jetzt der Gegenstand der Kritik? and The Holy Family of 1844. Through the comprehension of the intellectual environment in the Prussian historical-political conjuncture, we can outline the modification of criticism from the interrelationship and dialogue with this scenario that will contribute to accentuate the contrast and even bifurcation between your thoughts. We witness the concept of criticism in Bauer associating himself with the crisis as understanding and overthrow of all that exists that underlies thought, in a conscious refusal of the vote to practice, while in Marx the criticism will be enunciated as an attitude of the existing and limited man whose intention is not only criticize but leading to the real crisis.