This extensive academic thesis explores the intricate relationship between the dialectical thought and methods of G. W. F. Hegel and Karl Marx, specifically focusing on the "enigma of the inversion." The author, Alan James Horn, aims to clarify the differences and connections between Hegel's idealist systematic dialectic and Marx's materialist application of these principles to his critique of political economy. The work analyzes key concepts like contradiction, laws of motion, and the transformation of quality into quantity, drawing upon primary texts by Hegel and Marx, as well as secondary interpretations by figures such as Engels, Lenin, and Trotsky, to illuminate how Marx sought to extract the "rational kernel" from Hegel's mystical philosophical framework. Ultimately, the thesis seeks to demonstrate how Marx's materialist dialectic arises from and supersedes its idealist predecessor by grounding the laws of motion in real, objective processes rather than abstract thought.

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