Description: This paper discusses Marx's argument on "estranged labour." This is a rather microcosmic topic but it is important because estranged labour is the basis for all of Marx's writing, most importantly, 'The Communist Manifesto.' Revealing Marx In Karl Marx's early writing on "estranged labour" there is a clear and prevailing focus on the plight of the labourer. Marx's writing on estranged labour is and attempt to draw a stark distinction between property owners …showed first 75 words of 1855 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1855 total…freedom, as was identified above, is the freedom to pursue specified options. That is, freedom to do certain things. Man is not necessarily given a choice of what these options are, he is simply free to pursue them whatever they may be. Posistive freedoms then are the freedoms Marx likley wishes to uphold by denouncing estarnged labour. Bibliography 1Marx, Karl, The Early Marx, (reserve packet) 2Marx, Karl and Engles, Freidrich, The Communist Manifesto, London, England, 1888