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Chapter I: A Critique of

The German Ideology

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Written: Fall 1845 to mid-1846
First Published: 1932 (in full)
Source: Progress Publishers, 1968
Language: German
Transcription: Tim Delaney, Bob Schwartz, Brian Basgen
Online Version: Marx/Engels Internet Archive (marxists.org) 2000

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Preface

I. Feuerbach: Opposition of the Materialist and Idealist Outlooks

A. Idealism and Materialism

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The Illusions of German Ideology
First Premises of the Materialist Method
History: Fundamental Conditions
Private Property and Communism

B. The Illusion of the Epoch

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Civil Society — and the Conception of History
Feuerbach: Philosophic, and Real, Liberation
Ruling Class and Ruling Ideas

C. The Real Basis of Ideology

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Division of Labor: Town and Country
The Rise of Manufacturing
The Relation of State and Law to Property

D. Proletarians and Communism

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Individuals, Class, and Community
Forms of Intercourse
Conquest
Contradictions of Big Industry: Revolution

 

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Study Guide for Chapter I
Image of page from the chapter "Feuerbach", another and Marx/Engels Works Archive