12/3/2023 0 Comments Carl marx general thoughts![]() Thus the criticism of Heaven turns into the criticism of Earth, the criticism of religion into criticism of law and the criticism of theology into criticism of politics (Marx, 1843, 2). It is the immediate task of philosophy which is in the service of history to unmask self-estrangement in its unholy forms once the holy form of self-estrangement has been unmasked. It is therefore, the task of history, once the other-world of truth has vanished to establish the truth of this worked. Instead, Marx connects the job of history and philosophy to the present to explain what is wrong with society, instead of calling for the end of religion. However, Marx notes man giving up religion does not solve the problems for which man created religion in the first place. Marx calls upon man to give up religion because, it is merely a delusion to justify the unjust society. ![]() Since, it is man’s justification of what is wrong with society, religion is infused by society. Marx theorizes humans use religion to justify the unfairness of the world and the wrongs of society. In Critique of Hegel, Marx begins by attacking religion and the idea that “Man makes religion, religion does not make man” (Marx 1843, 1) Marx proposes that religion is affected by society and the beliefs of society and not given to man through some mythical sprit existing outside of man. In both works he uses his ideas about history to attack philosophers of the day to convince them to work in the real world and not in the ideal world. In his Critique of Hegel,Marx touches upon history and why history is important to society and how it affects it society in an attempt to highlight weaknesses in Hegelian philosophy and to criticize Hegel’s philosophy for not being part of the real world and yet trying to affect change on society. Two examples of work of his early period are an article, Introduction to a Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right ( Critique of Hegel) written in 1844 for Deutsch-Franzosische Jahrbucher and the book, The German Ideology written in 1854. The early works of Karl Marx were often aimed at fellow philosophers, and written in an academic style of the day, making the reading of such works hard for the common man. This paper will examine how Marx’s two key themes stressing the importance of history, the theory of historical materialism, and what is happening in the present is affected by the past, stayed the same throughout his Early, Middle and Later Works even though his audiences changed and his popularity grew over time. Marx’s writing changed in tone and style as he became more important to society and changed who he wanted to influence from his teachers, to fellow philosophers, to fellow socialists and finally to general public. His early works, written to influence fellow philosophers, are wordy and cryptic while his later works, written for newspapers and the general public, are more entertaining and present Marx’s arguments in a different light. Although his writing style changed with his audience, the overarching themes of Marx’s writings did not change with his audience. Marx changed his writing style to suit his audiences.
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