Karl marx selected writings Edited by David mclellan OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Karl Marx selected writings Edited by David McLellan 1
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Great Clarendon Street. Oxford ox2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Athens Auckland Bangkok Bogota Buenos Aires Calcutta Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Paris Sao Paulo Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto Warsaw with associated companies in Berlin Ibadan Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc, New York Introduction and Compilation O David McLellan 200o The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press(maker) First published I9 Second edition 2000 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organizations. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Data available ISBN O-I9-878265-9 Typeset by Refine Catch Limited, Bungay, Suffolk Printed in Great Britain by TJ International, Padstow, Cornwall
3 Great Clarendon Street, Oxford ox2 6dp Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Athens Auckland Bangkok Bogotá Buenos Aires Calcutta Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Paris São Paulo Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto Warsaw with associated companies in Berlin Ibadan Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York Introduction and Compilation © David McLellan 2000 The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published 1977 Second Edition 2000 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organizations. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Data available ISBN 0–19–878265–9 Typeset by RefineCatch Limited, Bungay, Suffolk Printed in Great Britain by TJ International, Padstow, Cornwall
For Raphaelle and Arthur
For Raphaelle and Arthur
Note to second edition In the two decades and more since this book was first published, an enormous amount of material on Marx has been produced. I have therefore made a major effort to update both the bibliographies for the individual extracts and also the general bibliography. I have added an introduction to each of the five main sections to enable the reader to have an overview of Marx's concerns at each stage of his thought. I am grateful to Nicola Cooper for her professional expertise in producing this new version and to Helly Langley for her generous encouragement and support. David McLellan anwary 2000
Note to Second Edition In the two decades and more since this book was first published, an enormous amount of material on Marx has been produced. I have therefore made a major effort to update both the bibliographies for the individual extracts and also the general bibliography. I have, too, added an introduction to each of the five main sections to enable the reader to have an overview of Marx’s concerns at each stage of his thought. I am grateful to Nicola Cooper for her professional expertise in producing this new version and to Helly Langley for her generous encouragement and support. David McLellan January 2000
Contents Abbreviations Introduction I The early Writings 1837-1844 Introduction 1 Letter to his father 2 Doctoral thesis From the notes to the dissertation 3 Articles for the rheinische Zeitung On the Freedom of the press The Leading Article of the Kolnische Zeitung Communism and the Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung The law on thefts of wood Letter to Arnold Ruge On the estates committees in Prussia Defence of the Moselle correspondent 4 Critique of Hegel's 'Philosophy of Right On Hegel's Dialectic On Democracy On Bureaucracy On Voting 5 A Correspondence of 1843 43 6 On the Jewish Question On The Jewish Question II The Capacity of Present-day Jews and Christians to Become Free 64 7 Towards a Critique of Hegels philosophy of Right: Introduction 71 8 Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts Alienated Labour Private Property and Communism Critique of Hegel's Dialectic and General Philosophy 104 On Money 9 Letter to Ludwig Feuerbach 100nJ Mill 124
Contents Abbreviations xii Introduction 1 I The Early Writings 1837–1844 3 Introduction 5 1 Letter to his Father 9 2 Doctoral Thesis 15 Preface 15 From the Notes to the Dissertation 17 3 Articles for the Rheinische Zeitung 22 On the Freedom of the Press 22 The Leading Article of the Kölnische Zeitung 23 Communism and the Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung 25 The Law on Thefts of Wood 26 Letter to Arnold Ruge 28 On the Estates Committees in Prussia 29 Defence of the Moselle Correspondent 29 4 Critique of Hegel’s ‘Philosophy of Right’ 32 On Hegel’s Dialectic 32 On Democracy 33 On Bureaucracy 36 On Voting 38 5 A Correspondence of 1843 43 6 On the Jewish Question 46 I On The Jewish Question 46 II The Capacity of Present-day Jews and Christians to Become Free 64 7 Towards a Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right: Introduction 71 8 Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts 83 Preface 83 Alienated Labour 85 Private Property and Communism 95 Critique of Hegel’s Dialectic and General Philosophy 104 On Money 118 9 Letter to Ludwig Feuerbach 122 10 On James Mill 124