Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 and the Communist Manifesto
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Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 and the Communist Manifesto

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Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 and the Communist Manifesto

About this book

Communism as a political movement attained global importance after the Bolsheviks toppled the Russian Czar in 1917. After that time the works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, especially the influential Communist Manifesto (1848), enjoyed an international audience. The world was to learn a new political vocabulary peppered with "socialism," "capitalism," "the working class," "the bourgeoisie," "labor theory of value," "alienation," "economic determinism," "dialectical materialism," and "historical materialism." Marx's economic analysis of history has been a powerful legacy, the effects of which continue to be felt world-wide. Serving as the foundation for Marx's indictment of capitalism is his extraordinary work titled Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts, written in 1844 but published nearly a century later. Here Marx offers his theory of human nature and an analysis of emerging capitalism's degenerative impact on man's sense of self and his creative potential. What is man's true nature? How did capitalism gain such a foothold on Western society? What is alienation and how does it threaten to undermine the proletariat? These and other vital questions are addressed as the youthful Marx sets forth his first detailed assessment of the human condition.

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Yes, you can access Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 and the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx,Friedrich Engels in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Philosophy & Philosophers. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Prometheus
Year
2009
eBook ISBN
9781615920723
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Philosophers

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. About the Author
  5. Contents
  6. Translator's Note on Terminology
  7. Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844
  8. Wages of Labor
  9. Profit of Capital
  10. Rent of Land
  11. [Estranged Labor]
  12. [Antithesis of Capital and Labor. Landed Property and Capital]
  13. [Private Property and Labor Views of the Mercantile System and Physiocracy, Adam Smith, Ricardo and His School]
  14. [Private Property and Communism. Various Stages of Development of Communist Views. Crude, Equalitarian Communism and Communism as Socialism Coinciding with Humaneness]
  15. [The Meaning of Human Requirements Where There is Private Property and under Socialism. The Difference Between Extravagant Wealth and Industrial Wealth. Division of Labor in Bourgeois Society]
  16. [The Power of Money in Bourgeois Society]
  17. [Critique of the Hegelian Dialectic and Philosophy as a Whole]
  18. APPENDIX
  19. Outlines of a Critique of Political Economy
  20. Manifesto of the Communist Party