Karl Marx
History is the history of class struggles.
Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right, Introduction essential
An article published in Paris in the Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher. The "opium of the people" text.
Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 essential
Working notes never prepared for print, published in 1932. The title "Estranged Labour" comes from the editors.
Theses on Feuerbach essential
Eleven notes in a notebook. Engels published them in 1888, five years after Marx's death, with edits ("revised" badge): we quote Marx's notebook.
The German Ideology essential
Co-written with Engels, abandoned "to the gnawing criticism of the mice", published in 1932. The order of chapter I varies between editions.
Manifesto of the Communist Party essential
Written by Marx and Engels, published in London without an author's name. Marx wrote the final text from Engels' drafts.
A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy (Preface) essential
Two pages summing up his view of history: economic base, superstructure, consciousness.
Capital, Volume I essential
The only volume Marx published. Joseph Roy's French translation (1872-1875) was revised by Marx himself. Volumes II and III were edited by Engels after his death.
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
An analysis of the 1851 coup. Not yet in our corpus.
Critique of the Gotha Programme
A critical letter published by Engels in 1891: "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs". Not yet in our corpus.