A Political History of the Editions of Marx and Engels’s “German ideology Manuscripts”

TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1. Manuscripts and Politics 2. The 1920s: Early Political Disputes over The German Ideology 3. The Stalin Era and the Construction of a Feuerbach-chapter in Volume I/5 of MEGA1 4. Two Popular Study Editions at the beginning of the 'Cold War' 5. The Turbulent 60s: The Publication of Long-lost Pages of the 1845–46 Manuscripts 6. The Historical Origins of the 1845–46 Manuscripts 7. The End of East European Communism and its Impact on the Preparation of Volume I/5 of MEGA2 8. The Marx-Engels-Jahrbuch 2003 edition of The German Ideology 9. Summary, Conclusions and Ideas on How to Publish the so-called 'German ideology' Manuscripts in Future Appendix A Select Bibliography of Editions of The German Ideology Appendix B The Genealogy of Editions of The German Ideology Appendix C A Brief Outline of the Content of a Future 'Contextual Edition' of The German Ideology Notes on Research Methods and Source Materials Methodological ExcursusAbbreviations and Bibliography Index