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Marx Engels Writings and Related Works

Marcus Engels' "The Holy Family" - The first joint work by the two men that contains criticism of the young Hegelian and Bruno Bauer.

This will be the first joint work by Marx and Engels.

Marx and Engels met in Paris in August 1844, and from that moment on began a friendship that would last a lifetime.

Originally, Bruno Bauer and Markus Engels were colleagues who worked together in an intellectual group in Berlin called the "Dr. Club".

Such a former alumnus of the school, Markus Engels, showed his farewell to Bruno Bauer in this work.
Marx Engels Writings and Related Works

Marx's "Introduction to Hegel's Critique of Legal Philosophy" Summary and Comments - What does "Religion is Opium" mean?

When we hear the phrase "religion is opium," we tend to take it to mean that religion makes people crazy. However, Marx did not say "religion is opium" for the sake of saying such a thing.

This article looks at why such a phrase "religion is opium" was spoken.

The phrase "religion is opium" was very harsh for me as a monk. It was a great experience for me to know why Marx said it that way and what he intended to say.
Marx Engels Writings and Related Works

Engels, "The State of the Working Class in England" - A major work by the young Engels that greatly influenced "The Communist Manifesto" and "Capitalism".

Engels was born the son of a German cotton mill owner.

As part of his merchant training, Engels spent time in Manchester, England, beginning in 1843.

While serving an apprenticeship at his father's factory in Manchester, he witnessed the hellish lives of the workers there.

This book, "The State of the Working Class in Britain," summarizes his experiences there and accuses the workers of the realities of their situation and the tyranny of the capitalists.
Marx Engels Writings and Related Works

Carlyle's "Past and Present" Synopsis and Comments - Huge influence on "The Communist Manifesto"! Marx's "Cash Account" starts here!

It left no ties of any kind other than a "cash account."

These strong words are well known as Marx's scathing criticism of the capitalist system, but in fact, these words had already been said by Carlyle in "Past and Present.

In this article, I would like to introduce two passages from that "Past and Present" that would have had a great influence on Marx Engels.
Marx Engels Writings and Related Works

Feuerbach, "The Essence of Christianity" - A work that strongly influenced Marx! Feuerbach claims that "man made God."

Feuerbach was a German philosopher, known as a philosopher who was a strong influence on the young Marx.

Marx's famous phrase, "Religion is opium," was inspired by Feuerbach. It may be said that Feuerbach is the person who laid the foundation of Marx's materialism.

This work, "The Nature of Christianity," is a surprisingly straightforward critique of Christianity. It is not merely a criticism of the church, but rather a more fundamental examination that cuts to the religion itself.
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(69) Thinking about the Marxism of Lenin and Stalin - Is Marx Engels guilty?

Now, it is time for the general summary of this book.

The author began the book by pointing out that while Marx has been reevaluated around the world in recent years, there is a tendency to hold Engels responsible for the politics of fear in the Soviet Union, China, and other communist countries.

In response to this trend, this book traces the life and ideological background of Marx Engels in order to examine the question, "Is Engels really guilty?" In this book, we have traced the life and ideological background of Marx Engels in order to examine the question, "Is Engels really guilty?

In this article I will also share my thoughts on such Marx Engels.
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(68) On Engels' death in 1895 and his enormous legacy

Engels' estate was worth a whopping 4 million dollars, or more than 400 million yen in today's Japanese yen. In addition to this, there must have been various other assets in various forms, so the total amount must have been tremendous. Most of these assets were inherited by the Marx family.

In addition, Engels' ashes will be scattered at sea after his death according to his wishes. His grave will not exist in this world. This was a surprise to me.
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(67) Volume 3 of "Capitalism," which Engels managed to complete while also making significant changes.

After Marx's death, Engels struggled to put himself out there to spread his ideas.

Engels then added to Marx's manuscript and the third volume of Capital was completed.

However, whether this can really be said to be the work and thought of Marx may be a delicate matter.

Can we really call a collection of notes pieced together a person's work or thought?

Moreover, the notes themselves were merely the random accumulation of Marx, who had read a vast amount of literature. To be honest, it is doubtful whether they were systematically written down as an idea.
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(66) Engels struggles to edit the second volume of Capital

Engels was already editing Marx's voluminous manuscript at the time of the first volume of Capital. Even when Marx was alive, Engels was struggling with this task.

What happened after Marx's death?

The work became an unimaginably arduous path.

A huge pile of manuscripts filled with bad writing that is difficult to decipher, incoherent sentences, and disorganized quotations.

Engels was so sick in the eye from all this editing work!

In this article, I will discuss in detail the details of the events and the problems with the second and third volumes of "Capitalism.
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(65) "From Imagination to Science" born out of Engels' "Anti-Duhring Theory" - This is where the term "imaginary socialist" comes from.

I cannot emphasize enough how significant it is to have disseminated the difficult "Capitalism," which no one reads or even can read, to the general public in an easy-to-understand manner.

The difficult and large "Capitalism" and the easy and compact "From Imagination to Science.

One might say that it was this combination that led to the explosion of Marxism.