The German Ideology, including Theses on Feuerbach

NearlytwoyearsbeforehispowerfulCommunistManifesto，Marx(1818-1883)co-wroteTheGermanIdeologyin1845withfriendandcollaboratorFriedrichEngelsexpoundinganewpoliticalworldview，includingpositionsonmaterialism，labor，production，alienation，theexpansionofcapitalism，classconflict，revolution，andeventuallycommunism.Theychartthecourseof"true"socialismbasedonHegel'sdialectic，whilecriticizingtheideasofBrunoBauer，MaxStirnerandLudwigFeuerbach.MarxexpandedhiscriticismofthelatterinhisnowfamousThesesonFeuerbach，foundafterMarx'sdeathandpublishedbyEngelsin1888.IntroductiontotheCritiqueofPoliticalEconomy，alsofoundamongtheposthumouspapersofMarx，isafragmentofanintroductiontohismainworks.Combiningthesethreeworks，thisvolumeisessentialforanunderstandingofMarxism.