Karl Marx
Karl Marx
Karl Marx was born on May 5, 1818, in Trier, Prussia (modern-day Germany). A renowned philosopher, economist, and revolutionary socialist, Marx is best known for his influential ideas on class struggle and social change. His work has had a profound impact on political thought and movements worldwide.
Personal Name: Karl Marx
Birth: 5 May 1818
Death: 14 March 1883
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Das Kapital, Karl Marx's seminal work, is the book that above all others formed the twentieth century. From Kapital sprung the economic and political systems that at one time dominated half the earth and for nearly a century kept the world on the brink of war.
"**Wage Labour and Capital**" (German: *Lohnarbeit und Kapital*) is an 1847 economics essay by Karl Marx, first published in articles in the Neue Rheinische Zeitung in April 1849. It is widely considered the precursor to Marx’s influential treatise *Das Kapital*. It is commonly paired with Marx's 1865 speech *Value, Price and Profit*.
([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_Labour_and_Capital))
This revised and enlarged edition of the leading anthology provides the essential writings of Marx and Engels--those works necessary for an introduction to Marxist thought and ideology.
"This new edition of David McLellan's selection from Karl Marx's writings includes carefully selected extracts from the whole range of Marx's political, philosophical, and economic thought. Each section of the book deals with a different period of Marx's life, allowing the reader to trace the development of Marx's thought, from his early years as a student and political journalist in Germany through to his final letters of the early 1880s. Also included in the new edition are a fully updated bibliography and new editorial introductions to each section of the book, providing a clear guide to the background and context of Marx's work."--Jacket.
From the Publisher: Capital, one of Marx's major and most influential works, was the product of thirty years close study of the capitalist mode of production in England, the most advanced industrial society of his day. This new translation of Volume One, the only volume to be completed and edited by Marx himself, avoids some of the mistakes that have marred earlier versions and seeks to do justice to the literary qualities of the work. The introduction is by Ernest Mandel, author of Late Capitalism, one of the only comprehensive attempts to develop the theoretical legacy of Capital.
"A work of incalculable historical and cultural significance, The First Writings of Karl Marx is the first complete single-volume edition of Karl Marx's doctoral dissertation to appear in English. This collection includes the full text of Marx's dissertation, Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature, as well as a sampling of his correspondence from the same period (1836-1841), and selections from the philosophical notebooks he prepared in advance of the dissertation. Taken together, these materials comprise the earliest period of Marx's intellectual life, and offer a detailed portrait of the genesis of his philosophical worldview.
The Marx who emerges in these writings is a precocious, fiercely passionate student who, at the University of Berlin, found himself in the midst of the most fertile and contentious philosophical scene in mid-19th century Europe. Despite their youthfulness, these writings are lit with ambition, and are the first major works of a man who would go on to change the course of history."--Jacket.
" ... Marx explains how, under capitalism, people rely on labor to live. In the past people could rely on nature itself for their natural needs; in modern society, if one wants to eat, one must work: it is only through money that one may survive. Thus [a person] becomes a slave to his wages. It is only through his work that he can find enough money to continue to live; but he doesn't simply live, he actually only survives, as a worker. Labor is only used to create more wealth, instead of achieving the fulfillment of human nature."
**The Poverty of Philosophy** (French: *Misère de la philosophie*) is a book by Karl Marx published in Paris and Brussels in 1847, where he lived in exile from 1843 until 1849. It was originally written in French as a critique of the economic and philosophical arguments of French anarchist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon set forth in his 1846 book *The System of Economic Contradictions, or The Philosophy of Poverty*.
(Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Poverty_of_Philosophy))
Kenneth Winkler's deft abridgment of Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding includes generous selections from the Essay, topically arranged passages from the replies to Stillingfleet, a chronology, a bibliography, a glossary, and an index based on the entries that Locke himself devised. His insightful introduction provides the reader with both a historical and a philosophical context in which to assess Locke's masterwork.
Presents excerpts from the philosopher's works with a critical study of his main ideas and sociological views.
Book 1, translated from the 3rd German edition, revised according to the 4th
