Karl Marx wrote 'On the Jewish Question' in response to Bruno Bauer's paper.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
Multiple sources, including the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and Wikipedia, state that Marx's 'On the Jewish Question' (1843) was a response to Bruno Bauer's writings on Jewish emancipation, so the claim's core is supported.
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… You know, we don't we don't have a full definition of this. They're going to remain, and this is the whole question that Bauer brings up, and this is in response to Bauer's paper of the same name. And, of course, the whole assimilation idea is strange, since Jews never considered themselves Russians or Germans, generally speaking, didn't speak the language, and we know what they thought of the people around them. …
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Supports. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy states that in 'On The Jewish Question' Marx responds to Bruno Bauer, who had recently written against Jewish emancipation.[1]
Supports. Wikipedia describes the essay as a response by Marx to Bauer's two studies on the attempt by Jews to achieve political emancipation in Prussia.[2]
Supports. The Jewish Review of Books and Clemesha (2025) both describe the essay as a response to Bauer's writings on Jewish emancipation.[3][4]
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- 1Karl Marx - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophyplato.stanford.edu · primary source · cited for: supports
- 2On the Jewish Question - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Marx and the Jewish Fingerprint Questionjewishreviewofbooks.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Karl Marx on the Jewish Question - Arlene Clemesha, 2025journals.sagepub.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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