Marx did his PhD thesis in 1841, 7 years before the Communist Manifesto was published.  Marx's thesis was concerned with the Greek Materialists and the issue of determinism versus freedom in a materialist universe.

Marx represents one of the German philosophers identified as the "Young Hegelians".  These writers focus on the historical change and ( Read more... )

Now we're getting somewhere.  In my Philosophy course, we are reading "The Communist Manifesto" as part of political philosophy.  No one understands what the hell Marxism is in this country, its baffling how far off we are when we try to interpret it in everyday politics.  I love the irony in the US when reading this doctrine!  Several maxims of ( Read more... )