The Greatest Works of Karl Marx

The Greatest Works of Karl Marx

Foundational Writings on Class Struggle, Historical Materialism, Alienated Labor, and the Critique of Political EconomyBy Karl Marx
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The Greatest Works of Karl Marx gathers the central writings through which Marx transformed modern social, political, and economic thought. Moving from philosophical critique to historical analysis and revolutionary polemic, the collection presents his examination of alienated labor, class conflict, commodity production, capital accumulation, and the social relations concealed within apparently neutral economic forms. Marx's style is at once analytic and combative: dense conceptual argument is sharpened by irony, historical illustration, and memorable aphorism. Read in the context of nineteenth-century industrialization, German idealism, classical political economy, and the emerging socialist movement, these works reveal a thinker seeking to unite interpretation of society with the possibility of changing it. Karl Marx (1818–1883) wrote amid the dislocations produced by industrial capitalism, when expanding factories, urban poverty, political repression, and mass labor movements challenged inherited ideas of progress and property. His intellectual formation combined Hegelian philosophy, French revolutionary politics, and the economic writings of Smith and Ricardo, while his collaboration with Friedrich Engels helped sustain a lifelong investigation into capitalism's historical development. Exile, journalism, political controversy, and organizing further shaped his insistence that theory must remain connected to material life and collective struggle. This volume is recommended to readers seeking both an introduction to Marx's vocabulary and a sustained encounter with the arguments that continue to influence sociology, political theory, economics, history, and cultural criticism. It rewards careful reading, especially when approached not as a collection of slogans but as a rigorous and historically situated critique of modern society.

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GenrePolitics and Government
Length127 hrs 59 mins
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Publish dateNov 21, 2023
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1THE BIRTH OF TRAGEDY (Classical Art vs. Nihilism) (Annotated)
2The Greatest Works of Karl Marx
3Political Works
4Manifesto of the Communist Party
5Preface
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6Manifesto of the Communist Party.
7I. Bourgeois and Proletarians.3
8II. Proletarians and Communists.
9III. Socialist and Communist Literature.
10IV. Position of the Communists in Relation to the Various Existing Opposition Parties.
11Theses on Feuerbach
12The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon
13Translator's Preface
14I
15II
16III
17IV
18V
19VI
20VII
21Secret Diplomatic History of The Eighteenth Century
22Chapter I
23Chapter II
24Chapter III
25Chapter IV
26Chapter V
27Chapter VI
28The Civil War in France
29Introduction
30The Begining of the Franco-Prussian War
31Prussian Occupation of France
32France Capitulates and the Government of Thiers
33Paris Workers' Revolution and Thiers' Reactionary Massacres
34The Paris Commune
35The Fall of Paris
36Critique of the Gotha Programme
37Foreword
38Letter to Bracke
39Part I
40Part II
41Part III
42Part IV
43Appendix
44Economic Works
45Wage-Labor and Capital (1847)
46Introduction
47Chapter 1 Preliminary
48Chapter 2 What Are Wages?
49Chapter 3 By What is the Price of a Commodity Determined?
50Chapter 4 By What Are Wages Determined?
Differenz der demokritischen und epikureischen Naturphilosophie (Kommentiert)
Differenz der demokritischen und epikureischen Naturphilosophie (Kommentiert)Karl Marx4h 16m$1.50 · $0.00
Das Kapital (Kommentiert)
Das Kapital (Kommentiert)Karl Marx96h 18m$1 · $0.00
Das Elend der Philosophie (Kommentiert)
Das Elend der Philosophie (Kommentiert)Karl Marx7h 51m$1 · $0.00
Karl Marx: Die deutsche Ideologie (Kommentiert)
Karl Marx: Die deutsche Ideologie (Kommentiert)Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels28h 10m$1 · $0.00
Manifesto of the Communist Party (Annotated)
Manifesto of the Communist Party (Annotated)Karl Marx3h 31m$2 · $0.00
CAPITAL (Annotated)
CAPITAL (Annotated)Karl Marx105h 33m$2 · $0.00
The Collected Works of Karl Marx (Annotated)
The Collected Works of Karl Marx (Annotated)Karl Marx134h 35m$2 · $0.00
Zweites Kaiserreich (Kommentiert)
Zweites Kaiserreich (Kommentiert)Karl Marx15h 30m$1 · $0.00
Zur Kritik der politischen Ökonomie (Kommentiert)
Zur Kritik der politischen Ökonomie (Kommentiert)Karl Marx10h 56m$1 · $0.00
Lohn, Preis und Profit (Kommentiert)
Lohn, Preis und Profit (Kommentiert)Karl Marx4h 15m$1 · $0.00
Das Kapital: Band 1-3 (Kommentiert)
Das Kapital: Band 1-3 (Kommentiert)Karl Marx93h 42m$1 · $0.00
Der Bürgerkrieg in Frankreich (Kommentiert)
Der Bürgerkrieg in Frankreich (Kommentiert)Karl Marx4h 57m$1 · $0.00
Zur Judenfrage (Kommentiert)
Zur Judenfrage (Kommentiert)Karl Marx3h 18m$1 · $0.00
Lohnarbeit und Kapital (Kommentiert)
Lohnarbeit und Kapital (Kommentiert)Karl Marx3h 32m$1 · $0.00
El Capital: tomo I (Anotado)
El Capital: tomo I (Anotado)Karl Marx42h$0.99 · $0.00
The Marxian Economics (Annotated)
The Marxian Economics (Annotated)Karl Marx114h 47m$2 · $0.00
Capital: The Process of Circulation of Capital (Annotated)
Capital: The Process of Circulation of Capital (Annotated)Karl Marx23h 39m$2 · $0.00
Ten Days That Shook the World (Annotated)
Ten Days That Shook the World (Annotated)Karl Marx17h 41m$2 · $0.00
The Greatest Works of Karl Marx
The Greatest Works of Karl MarxKarl Marx129h 54m$2 · $0.00
Das Kapital
Das KapitalKarl Marx92h 16m$1 · $0.00

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