Karl Marx wrote in 'On the Jewish Question' that the emancipation of the Jews is the emancipation of mankind from Judaism.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
The sentence 'In the final analysis, the emancipation of the Jews is the emancipation of mankind from Judaism' appears verbatim in Marx's 1844 essay 'On the Jewish Question', as quoted by several independent sources. The claim matches the post's sentence faithfully, and no source disputes the attribution or wording.
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… a general antisocial element of the present time, an element which, through historical development, to which this harmful respect the Jews have zealously contributed, has been brought to the present level at which it must necessarily begin to disintegrate. In the final analysis, the emancipation of the Jews is the emancipation of mankind from Judaism. The Jew has emancipated himself in a Jewish manner, not only because he's acquired financial power, but also because through him, and also apart from him, money has become a world power, and the practical Jewish spirit has become the practical spirit of the …
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Supports. Walzer's essay quotes Marx directly, stating that overthrowing capitalism will be 'the emancipation of mankind from Judaism'.[1]
Supports. The Philosophers' Magazine article quotes Marx's essay 'On the Jewish Question' as arguing that 'the emancipation of the Jews is the emancipation of mankind from Judaism'.[2]
Supports. Jenny Diski's review quotes the same sentence from Marx's second essay on the Jewish Question, noting that Wheen takes it out of context as referring to Judaism rather than Jews.[3]
Supports. The Marxists Internet Archive text of the essay is the primary work, and Wikipedia's synopsis confirms that Marx concludes mankind must emancipate itself from Judaism, consistent with the quoted sentence.[4][5]
Context. Commentators disagree about interpretation: Diski reports Wheen's view that the line concerns Judaism as a religion rather than Jews, while Philosophers' Magazine reads it as assimilationist and antisemitic. These are interpretive disputes and do not dispute the quoted wording.[2][3]
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- 1Imaginary Jews | Michael Walzernybooks.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 2Karl Marx's Radical Antisemitism - The Philosophers' Magazinephilosophersmag.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 3Jenny Diski · A Human Being: The Real Karllrb.co.uk · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 4On The Jewish Question by Karl Marx - Marxists Internet Archivemarxists.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5On the Jewish Question - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
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