The German Ideology
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The German Ideology
| Author | Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels |
|---|---|
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | The manuscript Marx and Engels wrote in 1845–46 against the Young Hegelians — Feuerbach, Bruno Bauer, Max Stirner — and the place where the materialist conception of history is first set out at length: consciousness follows from the material conditions of life rather than the reverse. |
The German Ideology
Where I heard about it
- University of Austin — assigned in History, Historiography, and the Philosophy of History on its Fall 2025 reading list (November 2025), as the materialist entry alongside Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morality, Löwith’s Meaning in History and Strauss’s Natural Right and History — a course that lines up competing accounts of what drives history and makes students argue between them. Full curriculum: UATX Fall Reading List.
About this edition
Marx and Engels never published it; it reached print only in the twentieth century, long after both were dead. Editions differ in which parts they print.
Connections
- UATX Fall Reading List — the curriculum this was assigned in.
- The University of Austin — the institution whose course list this is.
- Karl Marx — co-author.
- Socialism — the tradition this text founds.
- History
- Ideological Family Tree — where this sits on the tree.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.