De Gruyter Marx Forschung – serie

Die große Aufmerksamkeit, die Karl Marx und Friedrich Engels bei der Konzipierung der materialistischen Geschichtsauffassung und der Ideologiekritik Max Stirners Der Einzige und sein Eigenthum gewidmet haben, gibt bis heute Anlass zu Verwunderung. Ausgehend von einer Einbettung dieser beiden zentralen Denkansätze der europäischen Geistesgeschichte in die deutsche Spätaufklärung des Vormärz und einer neuen Entzifferung der Manuskripte zur Deutschen Ideologie rekonstruiert die vorliegende Studie die Bedeutung einer der intensivsten Auseinandersetzungen, die Marx und Engels je mit einem Denker geführt haben.

Die große Aufmerksamkeit, die Karl Marx und Friedrich Engels bei der Konzipierung der materialistischen Geschichtsauffassung und der Ideologiekritik Max Stirners Der Einzige und sein Eigenthum gewidmet haben, gibt bis heute Anlass zu Verwunderung. Ausgehend von einer Einbettung dieser beiden zentralen Denkansätze der europäischen Geistesgeschichte in die deutsche Spätaufklärung des Vormärz und einer neuen Entzifferung der Manuskripte zur Deutschen Ideologie rekonstruiert die vorliegende Studie die Bedeutung einer der intensivsten Auseinandersetzungen, die Marx und Engels je mit einem Denker geführt haben.

Die Arbeit verfolgt die Entwicklung einer Theorie der Wirtschaftskrisen bei Marx und in der politischen Ökonomie des 19. Jahrhunderts. Marx hat die großen Krisen seiner Zeit und ihre Verläufe in umfangreichen, erst jüngst veröffentlichten Studienheften erforscht und in ökonomischen Manuskripten theoretisch verarbeitet. Er wollte die Wiederkehr der Krisen erklären und auch verstehen, wie sie die Welt verändern und was sie über diese aussagen.

In the tradition of the ecological reading of Marx, this book offers a philosophical reflection on the ecological crisis on the basis of Karl Marx's theory of modern, capitalist society. The following questions are pursued: What is the nature of the ecological crisis? What is the cause or what are the causes of the ecological crisis? How can the ecological crisis be solved? Can Marxian theory be used to develop a critique and further development of non-Marxian theories that relate to the ecological crisis? And if so, what is the content of this critique and further development? In order to answer these questions, the theory developed by Marx in 1857/58 in the "Grundrisse" is reconstructed in a textual and systematic manner in the first step. In the second step, theories from economics and natural ethics are presented and placed in an argumentative context with Marx's theory. Due to this interdisciplinary character, the book is not only aimed at philosophers, but also at economists and social scientists as well as people with an interest in environmental protection, sustainability and ecology.

Looking at the state of research on Karl Marx's work, it is immediately apparent that very little attention has been paid to law in particular. This is all the more remarkable given that Marx first came into contact with the socio-political problems of his time as a student of law and only later became closely intertwined with the philosophy of Hegel. Contrary to the mostly systematic considerations of law in Marx's work to date, this work chooses a different approach by reconstructing his legal thinking starting from its roots, Hegel's philosophy of law and its further development by Eduard Gans, and presenting it in its ongoing development. The method of developmental history is not limited to the main writings of the oeuvre, but also includes the peripheral parts of the work. This is the first comprehensive reconstruction of the history of the development of legal thought, which not only succeeds in documenting the constant relevance of law in Marx's thinking, but also his adherence to Hegel's philosophy of law, including its specific connection between law and freedom.

Looking at the state of research on Karl Marx's work, it is immediately apparent that very little attention has been paid to law in particular. This is all the more remarkable given that Marx first came into contact with the socio-political problems of his time as a student of law and only later became closely intertwined with the philosophy of Hegel. Contrary to the mostly systematic considerations of law in Marx's work to date, this work chooses a different approach by reconstructing his legal thinking starting from its roots, Hegel's philosophy of law and its further development by Eduard Gans, and presenting it in its ongoing development. The method of developmental history is not limited to the main writings of the oeuvre, but also includes the peripheral parts of the work. This is the first comprehensive reconstruction of the history of the development of legal thought, which not only succeeds in documenting the constant relevance of law in Marx's thinking, but also his adherence to Hegel's philosophy of law, including its specific connection between law and freedom.