Ökonomisch-philosophische Manuskripte

The will that is revealed in Marx's early writing can hardly be thought of more comprehensively: It is not just about the analysis of a certain form of society, about a critique of existing conditions, about the design of a possible alternative. Rather, it is about explaining the world, and even more: about creating a whole new world and a new man. Everything that has been done up to now falls to verdict, theory and practice are discarded. The glaring light of the new truth, of the bad truth, illuminates the former darkness and suddenly makes it clear that up to now it was only the prehistory of the human species that was enough to satisfy mankind in its blindness. The real story can only begin now; it is the beginning of a new era. Such a claim must be taken philosophically seriously and examined for its justification. Those, we.