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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... thing about the essay is that the first part of it (from the beginning down to at least the comments on paragraph ... things, the Absolute, and possesses (consequently) a dual and indistinct character uniting the worlds of sense and ...
... things upside down like a true philosopher, sees in actual relations nothing but the incarnation of these principles'. In this manner, he goes on, 'What Hegel has done for religion, law, etc., Monsieur Proudhon seeks to do for political ...
... things, imagine themselves to be getting all the nearer to the point of penetrating to their core – these metaphysicians in turn are right in saying that things here below are embroideries of which the logical categories constitute the ...
... things; on the other hand, things appear to be endowed with social or human attributes. This is in embryo the argument which Marx.
... 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 commodity', or 'the whole mystery of commodities, all ...
Contents
xxxii | |
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 |