Early WritingsThe three major writings in this excellent volume are: "On the Jewish Question", "Contributions to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right. Introduction" and "Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts." All were published originally in 1844 when Marx was 26 and present the "humanist ethic" of this controversial figure, as well as the relation between his early Hegelian idea and his later sociological investigations. |
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... economic problems . The completeness of his conversion to this field of study is shown not merely by his long analyses , in the Manuscripts , of wages , profit and rent , and of the conditions of the industrial workers , but also by his ...
... economic problems . The completeness of his conversion to this field of study is shown not merely by his long analyses , in the Manuscripts , of wages , profit and rent , and of the conditions of the industrial workers , but also by his ...
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... economic principles , it is not a commodity , since it is not the free product of a free market . The present economic system " reduces at the same time the price and the reward of labour , it perfects the worker and degrades the man ...
... economic principles , it is not a commodity , since it is not the free product of a free market . The present economic system " reduces at the same time the price and the reward of labour , it perfects the worker and degrades the man ...
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... economic morality and religion have no objection to make , but . . . But then whom should we believe , the economist or the moralist ? The morality of political economy is gain , work , thrift and sobriety - yet political economy ...
... economic morality and religion have no objection to make , but . . . But then whom should we believe , the economist or the moralist ? The morality of political economy is gain , work , thrift and sobriety - yet political economy ...
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abolish accumulation activity alienated labour ancien régime appears atheism basis become BRUNO BAUER capital capitalist Christian civil society commodity competition conceived concept consciousness consequence contradiction criticism demand division of labour economist Editor's note egoistic elements Erich Fromm essence exchange existence expression external faculties feudal Feuerbach German greater Hegel Hegel's Philosophy human Ibid increase individual industry interest Jewish question Judaism Karl Marx landed property landlord landowner large landed property liberty man's Marx Marx's material MAXIMILIEN RUBEL means modern monopoly moral nations nature necessary negation object objectification particular Philosophy of Right Physiocrats political economy political emancipation practical private property production profit reality relation relationship religion religious rent of land secular self-alienation self-consciousness sense sensuous SMITH social species-being species-life sphere spirit superseded equals supersession tenant tion universal wages wealth whole worker