TITLE:
An Examination of Marx’s Critique of Early Communism in Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844
AUTHORS:
Xiu Zhang
KEYWORDS:
Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844, Communism, Private Property, Alienated Labor
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.12 No.8,
August
8,
2024
ABSTRACT: In the Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844, Marx delves into the intrinsic logical connections among private property, alienated labor, and communism, revealing the essence of private property and showing why the three forms of early communism lapsed into utopianism due to their failure to accurately grasp the nature of private property. These three forms of communism have specific references and are distinct from early utopian socialism.