On Suicide

By Karl Marx

Book Overview

In 1846, two years before the publication of The Communist Manifesto and twenty-one years before the publication of Das Kapital, Karl Marx published an essay titled "Peuchet on Suicide." Based on the writings of Jacques Peuchet, a leading French police administrator, economist, and statistician whose memoirs included discussions of suicides in Paris, Marx's essay is not a straightforward translation of Peuchet but instead an essay reflecting his own strong positions on the subjects addressed in Peuchet's work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810116383
• ISBN13: 9780810116382
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 147 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"