![]() ![]() Marx on Religion: Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right The Deutsch-Franzosische Jahrbücher, edited by Arnold Ruge and Karl Marx, 1844, via For Marx, the factory labor system alienates workers from their labor and takes them to be mere cogs in a machine. On the other hand, the capitalist form of work severely limits and ultimately destroys the worker. Karl Marx believed artistry and creativity are what make us human. Among these essential ideas is Marx’s concept of alienation. But they are also full of his musings and critical analysis. They consist of excerpts and quotations from political economists that he read at the time. ![]() ![]() Though the manuscripts form the starting point for Marx’s critique of political economy, they are fragmentary and not particularly well connected. The 1844 Manuscripts were finally edited and published in 1932. Though he intended them for publication, he got distracted and moved on to other projects. The Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844, also known as the Paris Manuscripts, or 1844 Manuscripts, comprise a series of nine notebooks produced by Marx in the summer of 1844. Karl Marx’s Theory of Alienation: The 1844 Manuscripts An industrial worker maintains a steam pump, by Lewis Hine, 1920, via Jacobin Magazine ![]()
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