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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... private, or of the state from society. The two processes require each other. They are seen in the Critique, then ... class distinctions in civil society became merely social differences in private life of no significance in.
Karl Marx. merely social differences in private life of no significance in political ... private interests competing against each other. The moment of unity or ... class and must instead assert the validity of a part of its being which not ...
... private property, it is scarcely possible to avoid perceiving that Marx goes well beyond the intellectual bounds of ... class interests of the bourgeoisie but rather to those of the proletariat'.58 Yet even after recognizing facts like ...
... public affairs, whereas in reality they represent particular interests.60 At ... private wishes. It is hard to avoid looking forward at this point to Marx's ... class was to misrepresent the people in parliament, universal suffrage was ...
... private property. Both Hegel and Marx aimed at resolving the split between ... class and the Assembly of the Estates. The hereditary sovereign because he ... class. He calls instead for unrestricted suffrage to heal the schism in society ...
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 |