Marx on Suicide by Karl Marx

Marx on Suicide by Karl Marx

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Zusammenfassung

In 1864, Karl Marx published an essay titled ""Peuchet on Suicide"" as a translation of excerpts from the memoirs of Jacques Peuchet. This text reveals that this was an edited version in which Marx adds passages of his own, altering the emphasis from a moral and psychological focus to a social one.

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Marx on Suicide by Karl Marx

In 1864 - two years before the publication of ""The Communist Manifesto"" and 21 years before the publication of ""Das Kapital"" - Karl Marx published an essay titled ""Peuchet on Suicide."" The essay was originally presented as a translation of excerpts from the memoirs of Jacques Peuchet (1758-1830), a leading French police administrator, economist and statistician. Plaut and Anderson reveal that Marx's ""Peuchet on Suicide"" is not a straightforward translation, but is an edited version in which Marx adds passages of his own, altering the emphasis of the text from a moral and psychological focus to a profoundly social one. Thus, the essay very strongly reflects Marx's own position on this controversial subject. Sociologist Kevin Anderson provides an extensive introduction situating the essay in the context of Marx's work, especially that on gender; Plaut's essay focuses on the psychological aspects of the work, in particular contrasting Marx's thoughts on suicide with those of Freud and Durkheim.
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ISBN 13 9780810116382
ISBN 10 0810116383
Titel Marx on Suicide
Autor Karl Marx
Serie Psychosocial Issues
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Northwestern University Press
Erscheinungsjahr 1999-06-30
Seitenanzahl 152
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