Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844Written in 1844 as a series of notes, Marx's posthumously published critiques on the conditions of modern industrialist societies forms the foundation of the author's denunciation of capitalism. Combining elements of psychology, sociology, and anthropology, it is a profound examination of the human condition rooted in a philosophy of economics. In this concise treatise, Marx presents an indictment of capitalism and its threat to the working man, his sense of self, and his ultimate potential. With a focus on "Marxist Humanism," he describes the alienation of laborers in a capitalist system: since the results of their work belong to someone else, they are estranged from their own labor and can never function as freely productive beings. Through a powerful mixture of history and economics, Marx explores the degenerative effect of capitalism on the proletariat and his true human nature. Regarded as one of his most important books, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 is a first glimpse at Marx's fascinating transition from philosophy to economics. Accessible and influential, it is an important predecessor to the Communist Manifesto and essential to an understanding of Marxist theory. |
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... necessary consequences of the rule of private property " ( Lenin ) . In this his first and as yet insufficiently mature work in the sphere of social science Engels began a critique of bourgeois political economy and with it a critique ...
... necessary consequences of the rule of private property " ( Lenin ) . In this his first and as yet insufficiently mature work in the sphere of social science Engels began a critique of bourgeois political economy and with it a critique ...
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... necessary to assure the reader conversant with political economy that my results have been won by means of a wholly empirical analysis based on a con- scientious critical study of political economy . { Whereas the uninformed reviewer ...
... necessary to assure the reader conversant with political economy that my results have been won by means of a wholly empirical analysis based on a con- scientious critical study of political economy . { Whereas the uninformed reviewer ...
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... necessary , a task not yet performed . This lack of thoroughness is not accidental , since even the critical theologian remains a theologian . Hence , either he had to start from certain pre- suppositions of philosophy accepted as ...
... necessary , a task not yet performed . This lack of thoroughness is not accidental , since even the critical theologian remains a theologian . Hence , either he had to start from certain pre- suppositions of philosophy accepted as ...
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... necessary task of settling accounts between criticism and its point of origin - Hegelian dialectic and German philosophy as a whole - from this necessary raising of modern criticism above its own limitation and crudity . Eventually ...
... necessary task of settling accounts between criticism and its point of origin - Hegelian dialectic and German philosophy as a whole - from this necessary raising of modern criticism above its own limitation and crudity . Eventually ...
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... necessary wage - rate is that providing for the subsistence of the worker for the dura- tion of his work and as much more as is necessary for him to support a family and for the race of labourers not to die out . The ordinary wage ...
... necessary wage - rate is that providing for the subsistence of the worker for the dura- tion of his work and as much more as is necessary for him to support a family and for the race of labourers not to die out . The ordinary wage ...
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