The Poverty of Philosophy
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HasFullText remains false."]},{"Kind":"RawSection","Title":"Full Text","BodyHtml":"\u003cp class=\"dz-philo__section-copy dz-philo__full-text-source\"\u003eFull text from \u003ca href=\"https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/poverty-philosophy/index.htm\"\u003eMarxists Internet Archive: The Poverty of Philosophy\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003carticle class=\"dz-philo__full-text-body\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\nKarl Marx\n\u003c/h2\u003e\n\n\u003ch1\u003eThe Poverty of Philosophy\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eAnswer to the \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy of Poverty\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nby M. Proudhon\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eWritten:\u003c/span\u003e First half of 1847\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eSource:\u003c/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Poverty of Philosophy\u003c/em\u003e, by Karl Marx, Progress Publishers, 1955;\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eFirst Published:\u003c/span\u003e in Paris and Brussels, 1847\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eTranslated:\u003c/span\u003e from the French by the Institute of Marxism Leninism, 1955;\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eOnline Version:\u003c/span\u003e mea 1993; Marx/Engels Internet Archive (marxists.org) 1999;\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eTranscribed:\u003c/span\u003e Zodiac;\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eProofed:\u003c/span\u003e and corrected by Matthew Carmody, 2009;\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eHTML Markup:\u003c/span\u003e \u003ca href=\"../../../../../admin/volunteers/steering.htm#emeritus\"\u003eBrian Baggins\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"../../download/pdf/Poverty-Philosophy.pdf\"\u003ePDF\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"../../download/doc/Poverty-Philosophy.doc\"\u003eWord\u003c/a\u003e versions in one file.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026#160;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nIntroduction\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"foreword.htm\"\u003eForeword\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"pre-1885.htm\"\u003ePreface to the First German Edition\u003c/a\u003e (1885)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"int-1892.htm\"\u003eIntroduction to the Second German Edition\u003c/a\u003e (1892)\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\nChapter One: A Scientific Discovery\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nPart 1: \u003ca href=\"ch01.htm\"\u003eThe Antithesis of Use Value and Exchange Value\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nPart 2: \u003ca href=\"ch01b.htm\"\u003eConstituted Value of Synthetic Value\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nPart 3: \u003ca href=\"ch01c.htm\"\u003eApplication of the Law of the Proportionality of Value\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\nChapter Two: The Metaphysics of Political Economy\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nPart 1: \u003ca href=\"ch02.htm\"\u003eThe Method\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nPart 2: \u003ca href=\"ch02b.htm\"\u003eDivision of Labour and Machinery\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nPart 3: \u003ca href=\"ch02c.htm\"\u003eCompetition and Monopoly\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nPart 4: \u003ca href=\"ch02d.htm\"\u003eProperty or Ground Rent\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nPart 5: \u003ca href=\"ch02e.htm\"\u003eStrikes and Combinations of Workers\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026#160;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eIntroduction to this Version\u003c/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nIn this work Marx critiques the economic (chapter one) and philosophical (chapter two) doctrine of \u003ca href=\"../../../../../glossary/people/p/r.htm#proudhon\"\u003eP.J. Proudhon\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nMarx started work on this book in January 1847, as can be judged from Engel\u0027s letter to Marx on January 15, 1847. By the begining of April 1847, Marx\u0027s work was completed in the main and had gone to the press. On June 15, 1847 he wrote a short foreward.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nPublished in Paris and Brussels in 1847, the book was not republished in full during Marx\u0027s lifetime. Excerpts from \u003ca href=\"ch02e.htm\"\u003esection five\u003c/a\u003e of Chapter Two appeared in different years, mostly between 1872 – 1875 in papers such as \u003cem\u003eLa Emancipacion\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDer Volksstaat\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSoical-Demokrat\u003c/em\u003e, and others. In 1880 Marx attempted to publish the \u003cem\u003ePoverty of Philosophy\u003c/em\u003e in the French socialist newspaper \u003cem\u003eL\u0027\u0026Eacute;galit\u0026eacute;\u003c/em\u003e, the organ of the French Workers\u0027 Party, but only the foreword and \u003ca href=\"ch01.htm\"\u003esection one\u003c/a\u003e of Chapter One were published.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThis translation is from the original 1847 French edition. It has been updated to also include\nthe changes/corrections Marx made in the copy of the book he presented\nto N. Utina in 1876, as well as the corrections made by Frederick Engels\nin the second French edition and the German editions of 1885 and 1892. The first English edition of this work was published in 1900 by Twentieth Century Press. Note: italics in quotations are as a rule Marx\u0027s. 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