The Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 and the Communist Manifesto
Regarded as one of Karl Marx’s most important books and often referred to as The Paris Manuscripts, it offers a first glimpse at Marx’s fascinating transition from philosophy to economics. With his economic analysis that has left a powerful legacy worldwide, Marx offers his theory of human nature and an analysis of emerging capitalism’s degenerative impact on man’s sense of self and his creative potential. It served as the foundation of Marx’s indictment of capitalism, with a detailed assessment of the human condition of modern industrialist societies from the foundation of the author's denunciation of capitalism. The Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 and the Communist Manifesto explains how, under capitalism, people rely on labor to live, as labor is only used to create more wealth, instead of achieving the fulfillment of human nature.
The book discusses:
- What is man's true nature?
- How did capitalism gain such a foothold in Western society?
- What is alienation?
- How does it threaten to undermine the proletariat?
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Wages of Labour
- Profit of Capital
- Rent of Land
- Estrangled Labour
- Antithesis of Capital and Labour. Landed Property and Capital
- Private Property and Labour. Views of the Mercantile System and Physiocracy, Adam Smith, Ricardo, and His School
- Private Property and Communism. Various Stages of Development of Communist Views. Crude, Equalitarian Communism and Communisms as Socialism Coinciding with Humaneness
- 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
- The Power of Money in Bourgeois Society
- Critique of the Hegelian Dialectic and Philosophy as a Whole
- Appendix - Outlines of a Critique of Political Economy