TITLE:
Young Marx versus Philosophical Communism
AUTHORS:
Yushan Wang
KEYWORDS:
Young Marx, Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, Philosophy of Feuerbach, Economic Alienation, Philosophical Communism
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.11 No.11,
November
27,
2023
ABSTRACT: Taking the critique of Germany
philosophy as the theoretical background for exploring the issue of Marx’s
shift to communism, it can be seen that young Marx engaged in a critical
dialogue with mainstream communism based on Feuerbach’s humanistic
philosophy in the period from Krotsnacher to Deutsch-Französische
Jahrbücheras. But the ultimate direction of Feuerbach’s philosophy was “true
socialism” rather than scientific communism. What’s more, Robert C. Tucker’s
conclusion about Marx’s “stage of philosophical communism” was
based on a one-sided extraction, abstract generalization, and inappropriate
evaluation of the overall ideology of young Marx, so he did not show much more
ideological insight. Based on this stage of ideological exploration, Marx
gradually achieved a true shift and confirmation towards communism through
later political and economic research and philosophical revolution.