Early WritingsWritten in 1833-4, when Marx was barely twenty-five, this astonishingly rich body of works formed the cornerstone for his later political philosophy. In the Critique of Hegel's Doctrine of the State, he dissects Hegel's thought and develops his own views on civil society, while his Letters reveal a furious intellect struggling to develop the egalitarian theory of state. Equally challenging are his controversial essay On the Jewish Question and the Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts, where Marx first made clear his views on alienation, the state, democracy and human nature. Brilliantly insightful, Marx's Early Writings reveal a mind on the brink of one of the most revolutionary ideas in human history - the theory of Communism. |
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... appears as a result, whereas the correct approach would be to start with the real subject and then consider its objectification. The mystical substance therefore becomes the real subject, while the actual subject appears as something ...
... appears at first sight. Della Volpe, for instance, insists on the fact that Feuerbach's criticism (unlike Marx's) was restricted to reproaching Hegel with 'empty formalism'. Feuerbach was incapable, therefore, of grasping clearly the ...
... appears as liberated from all social ties. He is integrated neither into a citizen community, as in ancient times, nor into a particular corporate community (for example a trade guild), as in medieval times. In 'civil society' – which ...
... appear here as the property of landed property, as something directly arising from the purely physical earth (nature) ... appears as a characteristic or property of things; on the other hand, things appear to be endowed with social or ...
... appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing') as being in reality 'a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties', and goes on to employ phrases like 'the mystical character of the ...
Contents
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Letters from | cxcvii |
On the Jewish Question 1843 | ccxi |
A Contribution to the Critique | ccxlvii |
Excerpts from James Mills | cclxv |
Economic and Philosophical | cclxxxix |
Critical Notes on the Article | cxxi |
Appendix | iii |
Chronology of Marxs Life | xviii |
Note on Previous Editions of | xxiii |