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A historical critical edition of the works of Karl Marx

ABSTRACT

This paper discusses the attempts to publish a historical-critical edition of the works of Karl Marx, the Marx-Engels Gesamtausgabe (MEGA): the first one, which was led by David Riazanov in the 1920s and 1930s, and the second one, the MEGA2 project which begun in the 1970s and is still in course of publication. The paper presents these two editions and discusses their impact on the interpretation of Marx's economic and philosophical thought.

KEYWORDS:
Karl Marx (1818-1883); Friedrich Engels (1820-1895); MEGA; marxology

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