The portable Karl Marx / selected, translated in part, and with an Introduction by Eugene Kamenka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.

Contributor:

Kamenka, Eugene.

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Viking portable library

The Viking portable library

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. English. 1983

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Communism.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

cxii, 606 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm.

Manufacture:

Kingsport, Tennessee : Printed by Kingsport Press Inc.

Place of Publication:

[Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England ;] [New York, New York] : Penguin Books, [©1983]

Summary:

Here is the ideal introduction to the work of Karl Marx, representing his most important writings, including the 'Theses on Feuerbach'; the complete Communist Manifesto; and substantial selections from 'On the Jewish Question, ' the 'Economic-Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844, ' The German Ideology, Grundrisse, Capital, and The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, among others. In addition, documents, letters, and reminiscences offer a portrait of Marx the man-as student, husband, father, enemy, and friend.

Contents:

Marx the Man: Documents, Letters, and Reminiscences : Birth Certificate; Certificate of Matriculation of a Pupil at the High School at Trier; Marx's Record of Studies Issued by the University of Bonn; From Marx's Sister Sophie; Heinrich Marx to His Son; Karl Marx to His Father; Heinrich Marx to His Son; Bruno Bauer to Marx; Marx's Record of Studies in the University of Berlin; Letter of Professor C.F. Bachmann, Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy in the University of Jena, Presenting Marx's Doctoral Thesis to the Faculty for Consideration; Moses Hess on Karl Marx; Marx to Arnold Ruge; Marx to Arnold Ruge; Jenny von Westphalen to Marx; Arnold Ruge to Ludwig Feuerbach on Marx; Bakunin's Reminiscence; P. Annenkov: Karl Marx in 1846; Marx to Engels in Paris; Carl Schurz on Marx in Cologne, Summer 1848; Marx to Engels in Brussels; Marx to Engels in Lausanne; Marx to Engels in Lausanne; Jenny Marx to Joseph Weydemeyer; Gustav Techow to a Friend; Marx to Engels; Marx to Engels; A Prussian Police Agent's Report; Marx to Engels; Marx to Engels; Marx to Engels; Karl Marx to His Wife; Marx to Engels; Marx to Engels; Eleanor Marx on Her Father; Marx to Engels in Manchester; Confessions of Marx; Karl Marx to Laura Marx; Karl Marx to François Lafargue; Karl Marx to Paul Lafargue; From R. Landor's Interview with Marx; Report on Karl Marx in Karlsbad; From the Chicago Tribune's Interview with Marx; Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant-Duff to Empress Frederick; Karl Marx to Laura Lafargue; Engels's Speech at the Graveside of Karl Marx.

Karl Marx's Writings

The Formation of a Young Radical: Early Writings, 1841-1844. From Doctoral Dissertation, The Difference between the Democritean and the Epicurean Philosophy of Nature; 'The Draft Divorce Law'; From the Kreuznach Manuscripts: Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right; From a Correspondence of 1843; From 'On the Jewish Question'; From 'Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right: Introduction

Beyond Philosophy to Communism, Political Economy, and the Materialist Conception of History: Transitional Writings, 1844-1847. From Economico-Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844; From the First Manuscript: 'Alienated Labour'; From the Third Manuscript: 'Private Property and Communism'; From 'Critical Notes on the Article "The King of Prussia and Social Reform. By a Prussian"'; 'Theses on Feuerbach'; From A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy; From The German Ideology, Volume One: Preface; The Materialist Conception of History; On History; Consciousness and the Division of Labour; Law and the Materialist Conception of History; The Role of Violence in History; Communism as the End of History

Revolution and Counter-Revolution: Political Writings, 1848-1852. Manifesto of the Communist Party; The Demands of the Communist Party in Germany; Address of the Central Committee to the Communist League; From The Class Struggles in France: 1848 to 1850; From The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte

Journalism and Politics: 1853-1864. The British Rule in India; From 'The Future Results of British Rule in India'; Revolution in China and in Europe; The Indian Revolt; Inaugural Address and Provisional Rules of the International Working Men's Association

'Wading Through Economic Filth': Economic Writings, 1857-1867. From Grundrisse, Introduction; from Value, Price and Profit; From Capital, Volume I: From the Preface to the First German Edition; Chapter 1: Commodities; Chapter 26: The Secret of Primitive Accumulation; From Chapter 27: The Expropriation of the Agricultural Population from the Land; Chapter 31: The Genesis of the Industrial Capitalist; Chapter 32: The Historical Tendency of Capitalist Accumulation; Chapter 33: The Modern Theory of Colonisation

The Paris Commune and the Future of Socialism: 1870-1882. From The Civil War in France: Address of the General Council of the International Working Men's Association; From the First Draft: 'The Character of the Commune'; Marginal Notes to the Programme of the German Workers' Party [Critique of the Gotha Programme]; Preface to the Russian Edition of the Communist Manifesto.

Notes:

"First published in the United States of America in simultaneous hardcover and paperback editions by The Viking Press and Penguin Books 1983."

"Set in CRT Janson."

"Cover design by Neil Stuart."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

ISBN:

014015096X

9780140150964

OCLC:

9457485