The Marxist System

The appeal of Marxism; the scope of Marxist thought; a positive look at Marxism; the plan of the book; Hegel and Feuerbach; from Hegel to Marx; Hegel and the question of philosophy; Feuerbach's contribution; Feuerbach compared with Hegel; Marx on Hegel; theses on Feuerbach; the theory of alientation; Hegel's alienation and the dialectical process; Marx's critique of Hegel; Marx on alienation; alienation and political economy; economic systems prior to capitalism; unalienated labour - the "ancients"; the history of alienated labour; the history of dissolution in England; Marx's conclusion; scientific socialism, socialism and anarchism; Marx on other socialisms; socialism - scientific and utopian; socialism and anarchism; the materialist conception of history; the material base of human history; further explanations of the materialist conception; commodity fetishism; what materialism is and is not; the economic interpretation of history; classes; social classes; political economy and the class system; the "free laborer"; the class struggle of the bourgeoisie and the proletariat; the superstructure; ideology; the state; religion; marriage; civial liberties; capitalism - value and price; the meaning of value; the theory of exploitation; accumulation and the falling rate of profit; market prices and market values; capitalism - crises and breakdown; capitalism and accumulation; the reserve army of the unemployed; crises; communism; capitalism under siege; political upheaval and force; transition; communism triumphant; the economy under communism; the state under communism; evaluation, summary and critique; the Marxist utopia; alienation; exploitation; Marxist science; capitalism - value and price; capitalism - crises and breakdown; the future of socialism; Marx as a young man; student days; Marx the journalist; further intellectual development; Pierre Proudhon; the manifesto of the communist party; Marx in England; Ferdinand Lassalle; the first international; Mikhail Bakunin; the Franco-Prussian war and the Paris commune; last years, last works.