Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Law

Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Law
Karl Marx
Social Sciences
Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right (German: Zur Kritik der Hegelschen Rechtsphilosophie) is a manuscript by the political philosopher Karl Marx from 1843, published posthumously. Only the introduction - written by Marx between December 1843 and January 1844 - was published in the Franco-German Annals on February 7 and 10, 1844.
In the manuscript, Marx discusses Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's 1820 book Principles of the Philosophy of Right, paragraph by paragraph. One of Marx's biggest criticisms of Hegel in the document is the fact that many of his dialectical arguments begin with abstractions. This work contains one of Marx's maxims, which states that religion is the “opium of the people”. It also contains Marx's particular formulations of the theory of alienation, which in turn was inspired by the works of Ludwig Feuerbach.
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