Idealist philosophical school that emerged in Britain and the United States at the end of the 19th century, and in the first half of the 20th century especially between the two world wars, it has exerted an important influence in Germany, Italy and other developed countries. With the slogan of “Hegel Renaissance”, neo-Hegelianism attempted to revive the idealism and mysticism of the Hegelian philosophical system, especially Hegel’s conservative doctrine of the State and society, and to turn Hegelian dialectics into a polemical doctrine by distorting it. Neo-Hegelianism was used by the imperialist fascist countries to justify monopolistic dictatorship and aggressive foreign expansionist policies. The main representatives of neo-Hegelianism were Bradley, Bosanquet, Royce, Kroner, Croce, Gentile and so on. There are obvious differences and disputes among these representative figures in philosophical theory, and their theories have also had vastly different influences in Western countries. Since the democratic tradition in the Anglo-Saxon countries was relatively strong, neo-Hegelianism has never been dominant in these countries; however in Germany, Italy and other countries which had a relatively weak democratic tradition and fascist rule during this period, neo-Hegelianism had a huge impact there. For example, Gentile, who had been the Minister of Education in the Mussolini government and was executed after the war…
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