The German Ideology

By Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Frederick Engels

Book Overview

2011 Reprint of 1939 Edition. Parts I & III of "The German Ideology". Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Originally published by the Marx-Engels Institute in Moscow in 1939. "The German Ideology" was written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels circa 1846, but published later. The original edition was divided into three parts. Part I, the most significant, is perhaps the classic statement of the Marxist theory of history and his much cited "materialist conception of history". Since its first publication, Marxist scholars have found Part I "The German Ideology" particularly valuable since it is perhaps the most comprehensive statement of Marx's theory of history stated at such length and detail. Part II consisted of many satirically written polemics against Bruno Bauer, other Young Hegelians, and Max Stirner. These polemical and highly partisan sections of the "German Ideology" have not been reproduced in this edition. We reprint Parts I & Parts III only. Part III treats Marx & Engels' conception of true socialism and is reprinted in its entirety. Part II has not been reprinted in this edition in order to produce a small and inexpensive book which contains the gist of the "German Ideology". Appendix contains the "Theses on Feuerbach." Index of authors, with scholarly citations and footnotes.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1614270481
• ISBN13: 9781614270485
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Martino Fine Books
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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The German Ideology wasn’t published in Marx or Engels’ lifetimes, but it is undoubtedly one of their most important works for its elaboration and defense of historical materialism, critique of idealists viz. Feuerbach and Stirner, clarification of the *international* character of proletarian class struggle, and other contributions describing the characteristics of communist society. This edition also includes the similarly influential Theses on Feuerbach and Intro. to the Critique of Political Economy, the latter especially important for those interested in a Marxist epistemology.