Editing German philosophy (section)

===The "academic socialists"===
The ''[[Kathedersozialismus]]'' movement (academic socialism) was a theoretical and political trend that arose in the second half of the 19th century in German universities. The “academic socialists” – mostly economists and sociologists belonging to the “[[Historical school of economics|Historical School]]” – tried to prove that a people’s state could be built in [[German Empire|Prussian Germany]] through reform, without the revolutionary overthrow of [[capitalism]] and of the [[state (polity)|state]], thus rejecting the [[Marxism|Marxist]] notion of [[class struggle]]. In 1872 the ''Kathedersozialisten'' formed in Germany the "Union of Social Policy". Their ideas were similar to those of the [[Fabian socialism|Fabian socialists]] in Britain.

“Academic socialism” supported a variation of [[Otto Bismarck|Otto von Bismarck]]’s [[welfare state]]. The most notable “academic socialists” in Germany were [[Bruno Hildebrand]], who was openly against Marx and Engels, [[Gustav von Schmoller]], [[Adolph Wagner]], [[Lujo Brentano]], [[Johann Plenge]], [[Hans Delbrueck|Hans Delbrück]], [[Ferdinand Tönnies|Ferdinand Toennies]] and [[Werner Sombart]]. In the labor movement in Germany, their line was supported by [[Ferdinand Lassalle]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=A Short Philosophical Dictionary, fifth edition|last=Rosenthal, Mark & Yudin|first=Pavel|publisher=Gospolitizdat|year=1954|publication-place=Moscow|chapter=German Philosophy|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/glossary/people/soviet/german-philosophy.htm|translator-last=P.|translator-first=Anton}}</ref>