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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... determination, and because a vehicle of these determinations must exist, the mystical Idea becomes that vehicle.23 As Marx's use of a Greek term suggests, this criticism is similar to one aspect of Aristotle's critique of Plato – as ...
... determinations valid for production as such, so that in their unity – which arises already from the identity of the subject, humanity, and of the object, nature – their essential difference is not forgotten. The whole profundity of ...
... determination by it; at the same time, however, he includes this dependence within the relationship of 'external necessity' and counterpoises it to that other relationship in which the family and civil society are related to the state ...
... determinations', are 'dependent' on the state and 'subordinate' to it. The attitude of the state towards their 'laws and interests' is that of a higher authority. The attitude of their 'interest' and 'law' towards the state is that of a ...
... determination of the Idea, of its result or product. The distinction lies not in the content but in the way it is regarded or talked about. It is a history with two aspects, one esoteric, the other exoteric. The content is relegated to ...
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 |