Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844

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This predecessor to the Communist Manifesto offers a historical analysis of the human condition. It forms the foundation of the author's denunciation of capitalism, combining elements of psychology, sociology, and anthropology in a philosophy of economics. Accessible and influential, this concise treatise is essential to an understanding of Marxist theory.
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This predecessor to the Communist Manifesto offers a historical analysis of the human condition. It forms the foundation of the author's denunciation of capitalism, combining elements of psychology, sociology, and anthropology in a philosophy of economics. Accessible and influential, this concise treatise is essential to an understanding of Marxist theory.
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  • ISBN-13: 9780486455617
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Publication date: 4/19/2007
  • Series: Dover Books on Western Philosophy Series
  • Pages: 208
  • Sales rank: 988,198
  • Product dimensions: 5.30 (w) x 8.40 (h) x 0.50 (d)

Table of Contents


Introduction     7
Translator's Note on Terminology     10
Preface     14
Wages of Labour     20
Profit of Capital     36
Capital     36
The Profit of Capital     37
The Rule of Capital over Labour and the Motives of the Capitalist     40
The Accumulation of Capitals and the Competition Amongst the Capitalists     41
Rent of Land     52
[Estranged Labour]     67
[Antithesis of Capital and Labour. Landed Property and Capital]     84
[Private Property and Labour. Views of the Merchantile System and Physiocracy, Adam Smith, Ricardo and His School]     93
[Private Property and Communism. Various Stages of Development of Communist Views. Crude, Equalitarian Communism and Communism as Socialism Coinciding with Humaneness]     98
[The Meaning of Human Requirements Where There Is Private Property and Under Socialism. The Difference Between Extravagant Wealth and Industrial Wealth. Division of Labour in Bourgeois Society]     115
[The Power of Money in Bourgeois Society]     136
[Critique of the Hegelian Dialectic and Philosophy as a Whole]     142
Appendix
Outlines of a Critique of Political Economy   Frederick Engels     173
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