Introduction to Marx and Engels. A Critical Reconstruction

242 Pages·1987·3.737 MB·English

by  Richard Schmitt

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Contents
Praecfe
xiii
AbbreviRaeeftreedn ces
xviii
Introduction 1
Not4e s,
PAROTN E
THEC ONCPETIOONFH UMANNA TURE
1 HumanN ature 7
Notes, 13
FoFru rtRheeanrdg 1i,3
2 AgainIsntd ividualism 14
IndiviIdsuI anlciosm,mp1 l7 ete
IndiviIdsuM ailsilsema1d 9i ng,
Not2e0s ,
FoFru rtRheeiarnd 2g,1
3 History 22
Histaostr hyTe ar nfosrmaotfi oHnu Nmaartneu2 ,2
ThUes eosft hSet uodfHy i srty2o,6
SomAetl ernaItnitveerp orn,e2s t7a ti
Not2e9s ,
FoFru rtRheeiarnd 2g9,
vii
viii Contents
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4
HistolrM iactaerialism
EconoDmeitce rm3i2n ism,
BasaesL imaintad s " UltimDaettmieenlrgiy n
Fact,o"3r 4
Basaen Sdu persrte3,r6 u ctu
ForacneRsde latofiP ornosd uc3t8i on,
MateriaanlSdic sime4 n0c e,
Not4e2s ,
FoFru rtRheeiarnd 4g,2
5 TheD ialectic 43
Heglse'D ialce,4 c3t i
DialaencFdto imrcaL lo gic, 46
ThMea telriDisiata lce,4 c7t i
ThDei acltieinMc a raxn Edn ge5l0s ,
Note5s1,
FoFru rtRhedeairn 5g1,
6 Ideology 52
Not,5e 9s
FoFru rtRhedeairn 6g0,
PARTT wo
ECONOMICS
7 Capitalism 63
ThHei stoDreivcealloo pfCm aepnitt 6a4l ism,
WhaltsM odeCrapni ta6l6i sm?
Not7e2s ,
FoFru rtRheeiarnd 7g,2
8 CapitalainsdmE xploitation 73
ThCeo ntco efEp pxlotiito7an4,
CapitaanlPdir sotmfis7 ,6
EpxloitaantCdio oenr c7i8o n,
WhatW rlosnw gi tEhpx loit8a2t ion?
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