{"product_id":"2026100011049-secondhand-the-german-ideology","title":"The German Ideology","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 2nd pr.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in 1846 but unpublished in its authors' lifetimes, The German Ideology stands as one of the most consequential works in the history of political philosophy, in which Karl Marx and Frederick Engels systematically articulate the foundational principles of historical materialism for the first time. The text launches a withering critique of the Young Hegelians and their idealist philosophy, arguing that consciousness does not determine life, but rather that life determines consciousness — a radical inversion that would permanently reshape how humanity understands history, society, and power. Through rigorous and often polemical prose, the authors present a sweeping account of how economic production and class relations drive the development of all social institutions, laws, and ideas.\n\nBeyond its historical context, The German Ideology represents the intellectual bedrock upon which Marxist theory was built, introducing concepts such as the division of labour, the ruling class's ideological dominance, and the materialist conception of history with a clarity and force that no subsequent work surpassed. Marx and Engels write with combative urgency, dismantling the philosophical pretensions of their contemporaries while constructing an alternative vision of human emancipation rooted in concrete, material reality. This Progress Publishers edition, produced in Moscow in 1968, belongs to a tradition of making foundational socialist texts widely accessible — and for any serious student of philosophy, political theory, or history, its arguments remain as provocative and challenging as the day they were first committed to paper.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50572732727515,"sku":"2026100011049-SECONDHAND","price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/35c7502b-4025-4b9f-80eb-d95856e89b3f.png?v=1791167408","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100011049-secondhand-the-german-ideology","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}