ABSTRACT
FromthispioneeringgroupWeitlingandBeckerdrewthetalentand precedentfortheoriginalcommunistpublicationcampaignoftheearly fortiesinSwitzerland.13Particularlyafterhopesofrevolutionwere dashedbythefailureoftheinsurrectionof1839inParis,theGerman "actionsociety"turneditsactivitiesinBelgiumandLuxembourgentirelytoprintingandpropaganda.l4
Journalismwasthemostimportantsingleprofessionalactivityfor revolutionarySaint-SimoniansandHegelians.Hegelasayoungtheology studenthaddirectlysubstitutedthereadingofEnglishnewspapersfor morningprayers-adistantanticipationofthemoderneducatedman substitutingtheSundaynewspaperforSundaychurch.TheSaintSimoniansregardedthepressasthemediumforpropagatingthetheologyoftheirnewreligionofhumanity(justasthetheaterwastoprovide itsnewliturgy).15
