Before revision: In one of the first serious attempts to give a radical left-wing interpretation of Hegelian dialectics, Bakunin wrote his 1942 article "The Reaction in Germany" and essentially foreshadowed later generations of nihilists with his infamous declaration: Bakunin and Herzen began to meet rejection from others in the Westernizer camp for their open embrace of far-left politics.
After revision: In one of the first serious attempts to give a radical left-wing interpretation of Hegelian dialectics, Bakunin wrote his 1842 article "The Reaction in Germany" and essentially foreshadowed later generations of nihilists with his infamous declaration: Bakunin and Herzen began to meet rejection from others in the Westernizer camp for their open embrace of far-left politics.