Round 12: Tossup 13

A member of this philosophical movement synthesized Jewish and Christian teaching in the Holy History of Mankind. A king personally ordered a professor in this movement fired after a banquet speech dedicated to the “reasonable state.” Moses Hess began his career as a member of this movement, (-5[1])which held meetings attended by a schoolteacher before he wrote The Ego and Its Own. Bruno Bauer was isolated from this movement (-5[1])after calling for Jews to abandon their religion for political emancipation, prompting the response essay On the Jewish Question. (-5[1])This movement split from its right-leaning counterpart (10[1])and flourished at the University of Berlin after its namesake philosopher died in 1831. For 10 points, Ludwig Feuerbach (“FOY-er-bock”) and Karl Marx were part of what left-wing movement named for the author of The Phenomenology of Spirit? (-5[1])■END■ (10[2]0[1])

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