Continental European states formed from reaction-national transcendence of the French Revolution.

Evidence

This motive is fundamental for an historical understanding of modern philosophical idealism, and is connected with the mode of formation of the modern States of continental Europe as “reaction—national transcendence” of the French Revolution (a motive which is essential for understanding the concepts of “passive revolution” and “revolution/restoration”, and for grasping the importance of the Hegelian comparison between the principles of Jacobinism and classical German philosophy). — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 581

Categorization

• DEFINE: Gramsci introduces the core concept of ‘passive revolution’ / ‘revolution-restoration’ as rooted in the reaction-national transcendence of 1789.