El concepto Gegenstand en Marx, clave para la comprensión del nivel sensible de la Praxis. Aproximación desde la primera Tesis sobre Feuerbach

The concept of Gegenstand in Marx, key to understanding the sensible level of Praxis. An approach based on the first Thesis on Feuerbach

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15174/rv.v19i38.867

Abstract

Our essay seeks to enrich the understanding of one of the "complex" concepts used in German in Marxian theory: the word Gegenstand (object). To this end, we present a hermeneusis of the first Thesis on Feuerbach. From our perspective, this aphorism clarifies and complements Marx's technical use of the word object based on the semantic distinction he establishes between the terms Objekt, Subjekt, and Gegenstand. Among other aspects, the identification of these concepts within Marx's work allows us to grasp the sensitive level of human activity called, by the Treverin, Praxis, while also enabling a better understanding of the critical remarks made on Feuerbach. The approach taken is to contextualize the use of language within the argumentative framework of the "young" Marx's written production.

Author Biography

Ricardo Antonio Yáñez Félix, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez y Universidad Tecnológica de Ciudad Juárez

Degree: Doctor.

Title: Doctor of Philosophy with an emphasis on Hermeneutics and Sociocultural Studies.

Membership: Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez and Technological University of Ciudad Juárez.

Research Lines: Social Philosophy, Literature/Society Relationship, Social Work

Last three posts:

1. Yáñez Félix, R. A. (2023). Relationship of similarity between the concepts ϕιλία (friendship) and δικαιοσύνη (justice), in book VIII of the Nicomachean Ethics. Graffylia, Magazine of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, 8(15), 59-70. Recovered from https://rd.buap.mx/ojs-dm/index.php/grafffylia/article/view/1163

2. Yáñez Félix, R. A. (2023). Reception of the work of Georg Lukács in Latin American Social Work. Border Notebooks, 19(59), 41–45. https://doi.org/10.20983/cuadfront.2023.59.10.

3. Yáñez Félix, R. A. (2021). The Praxis category at its different levels. Contextual approach to the 1844 Manuscripts and the first Thesis on Feuerbach by the young Karl Marx. Protrepsis. Journal of Philosophy, 20, 117-141. https://doi.org/10.32870/prot.i20.307.

Published

2026-07-01

How to Cite

Yáñez Félix, R. A. (2026). El concepto Gegenstand en Marx, clave para la comprensión del nivel sensible de la Praxis. Aproximación desde la primera Tesis sobre Feuerbach: The concept of Gegenstand in Marx, key to understanding the sensible level of Praxis. An approach based on the first Thesis on Feuerbach. Valenciana, 19(38), 149–170. https://doi.org/10.15174/rv.v19i38.867