Marx' Early Writings Part 2 of a lecture to students in China, revised version (original) (raw)
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Prior to turning to economics in DAS KAPITAL Marx as a young academic wrote his early philosophical writings. This is a brief review of those, connecting to the description of his life, that was part 1 on this lecture series.
Another Marx Early Manuscripts to the International (Introduction)
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the project of a ‘second’ MEGA , designed to reproduce all the writings of the two thinkers together with an extensive critical apparatus, got under way in 1975 in East Germany. Following the fall of the Berlin wall, however, this too was interrupted. A diffi cult period of reorganization ensued, in which new editorial principles were developed and approved, and the publication of MEGA2 recommenced only in 1998. Since then twenty- six volumes have appeared in print – others are in the course of preparation – containing new versions of certain of Marx’s works; all the preparatory manuscripts of Capital; correspondence from important periods of his life including a number of letters received; and approximately two hundred notebooks. ! e latter contain excerpts from books that Marx read over the years and the refl ections to which they gave rise. ! ey constitute his critical theoretical workshop, indicating the complex itinerary he followed in the development of his thought and the sources on which he drew in working out his own ideas. these priceless materials – many of which are available only in German and therefore intended for small circles of researchers – show us an author very different from the one that numerous critics or self- styled followers presented for such a long time. Indeed, the new textual acquisitions in MEGA 2 make it possible to say that, of the classics of political and philosophical thought, Marx is the author whose profi le has changed the most in recent years. The political landscape following the implosion of the Soviet Union has helped to free Marx from the role of fi gurehead of the state apparatus that was accorded to him there. Research advances, together with the changed political conditions, therefore suggest that the renewal in the interpretation of Marx’s thought is a phenomenon destined to continue.
Here are some fairly comprehensive notes for a two-week discussion of early Marx. Starting with "On the Jewish Question" and the "Theses on Feuerbach," we then move on to a close reading of the "Economic & Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844." Finally, we close out by looking at the Communist Manifesto, which we can hopefully approach with added theoretical sophistication, given what's come before.
Introduction to the Special Issue on Marx & Marxism
Biographical (and bibliographical) accounts of Marx mirror the making of Marx as Marx. This making and remaking appears in various social and historical contexts. Marx's own making sprang from ongoing events, controversies, and conflicts of his time. Classics, such as Marx, are continuously constructed and (de-) reconstructed. Terrell Carver presents this making of Marx as Marx. Unlike the biographer's view, Marx was forward-looking and action oriented. According to Carver, Even when he was presenting himself to readers, and reviewing his life to date, he was forwardlooking and action oriented in relation to his presumed audience, rather than backward-looking over something 'done' and therefore 'to be known', which is the biographer's eye view.
Throughout all his life Karl Marx wrote angrily about capitalism. By use of a dialectic approach he was convinced that the working class had to unite and make a social revolution and thereby free them selves from exploitation. Marx himself was in many ways a dialectic person as we try to show in the note. So in some sense he became one with his scientific methodology.
What You May Think You Know About Marx...But Don't!
This unpublished 2014 lecture seeks to remove some of the totally mistaken popular views of what Marx did and did not say. I am not a Marxist, but, like many social scientists, respect his work very highly. If one rejects his writings, it should be for what he actually said and believed, not a demonizing total misunderstanding.
Martin O'Neill - "Reading the Early Marx" - Module Guide and Reading List - Autumn 2020
2020
This module will provide a close reading of some of the key texts from the early writings of Karl Marx, examining some of the most important elements of Marx’s contribution to political philosophy, up to the publication of The Communist Manifesto in 1848. We will examine a number of aspects of Marx’s thought, including some of the main features of Marx’s relationship to Hegel; Marx’s account of alienation and his critique of capitalism; his critique of bourgeois standards of justice, and the relationship between Marx’s political philosophy and analytic political philosophy; Marx’s views on exploitation and the relation between his political philosophy and his understanding of the dynamics of capitalism; and Marx’s advocacy of a communist society and his account of the transition from capitalism to communism.
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