tification of government control and conquest, some regarded Hegel as the spiritual precursor of Fascist Totalitarianism. Although Hegel did not believe in the ideas of Communism or Fascism himself, these doctrines have been prescribed to him due to a radical interpretation of his work by a group of men called the Young Hegelians. These men, most prominently Karl Marx, manipulated Hegels work in order to justify Communist and Fascist ideals, such as the formation of a classless society and cultural dominance of one race over another.The distinguishing feature between the products of Hegel and that of other philosophers remains the exceptional historical sense that underlies his work. By borrowing from the rationalism of the Enlightenment and the tenets of the Romantic Movement, Hegel combined the scientific method with a general understanding of human nature. He analyzed not only the steps leading up to a historical event, but also how people shaped the event, thus increasing the wholeness of the Absolute Spirit of humanity. Hegels works are often widely misunderstood because of their mystical, complex nature. Not all people can grasp the idea of Absolute Spirit of the Dialectic Struggle theory, but those who can understand the true philosophical genius that was G.W.F. Hegel and the numerous contributions he made to his profession during his time and into the modern day....
