Economic & Philosophical Manuscripts
of 1844 (as hypertext) by Karl Marx
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The first page of Marx's First Notebook. Note the binding sewn at the top and the upside down lettering above this

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The Hypertext Manuscripts of Karl Marx, Paris 1844
Copyright Gary Tedman 1998-2002
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"The extant manuscripts of 1844 consist of two notebooks (the first and third manuscripts), one single double-folio sheet that was sewn into the centre of the third manuscript (the fourth manuscript), and two separate pages, carrying a continuous text (the second manuscript)."

Margaret Fay 1944-1979

For interpretation and explanation see:
Margaret Fay: Marx's EPM Structure
and Adam Smith
Gary Tedman: Marx's 1844 Hypertext
as a Work of Art
Gary Tedman: Walter Benjamin
and Productive Aesthetics
Other related texts:
Brecht: The Radio as an Apparatus for Communication
Morris: The Revival of Handicraft
Hegel: Absolute Knowledge
Smith: Three Components of the Commodity
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Introduction

...Text based hyperlinks on this website are not necessarily denoted by colour and the user may need to make sure that links are underlined or 'hovered' in their browser. This website is continually being updated and improved, however, any suggestions or criticism would be welcome.
...The 'fourth manuscript' is currently not available in English translation. It contains almost word for word excerpts from the final chapter of the philosopher Hegel's Phenomenology of Mind (see links to your left) on the scientific possibility of 'absolute knowledge'.
...Fay (see link) divides the first manuscript into a 'core notebook', mainly of three column landscape format dealing with economics, and 'outer sheets'. In this respect the core of the first manuscript is similar to the fourth MS, as it is different to what surrounds it, i.e. the third MS text. At the end of her essay Fay provides a do-it-yourself recipe for a paper based model of Marx's first 1844 Manuscripts and can be used in correspondence with this website. An idea of the physical design (layout and pagination) of the EPM seems indispensable to a genuine understanding of the text and its themes, so you may want to take the following link!
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