Karl Marx wrote On the Jewish Question five years before The Communist Manifesto was published.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
On the Jewish Question was written in 1843 and The Communist Manifesto was published in February 1848, so the claim that Marx wrote the essay five years earlier holds. The essay was first published in 1844, which would be four years before the Manifesto, so the claim depends on the 'wrote' reading.
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… So, you know, you can start anywhere you want, Dr. Johnson. Well, I, I don't know why it took me so long. You know, um, a lot of our people, you know, really don't have the capacity. It's not an easy, it's not an easy article. It's very early. It's what, five years before The Communist Manifesto was, was published. His whole, um, you know, philosophy hadn't fully come together yet, and, you know, we don't have a lot of people who can properly interpret it, because I know, you know, I, I spent decades on Hegel, and, but the relationship between Hegel and Marx is, is, …
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Supports. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy states that 'On The Jewish Question' was written in 1843 and published in the Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher.[1]
Supports. Wikipedia states that Marx wrote the piece in 1843, and that it was first published in Paris in 1844.[2]
Supports. The Marx encyclopedia entry states that The Communist Manifesto was published in February 1848, which places the 1843 writing five years earlier.[3]
Context. The Jewish Review of Books says the essay was printed in early 1844 and that the Manifesto appeared in 1848, so the 'wrote' reading is the one that gives five years.[4]
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- 1Karl Marx (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2020 Edition)plato.stanford.edu · primary source · cited for: supports
- 2On the Jewish Question - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Marx, Karl Heinrichencyclopedia.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Marx and the Jewish Fingerprint Questionjewishreviewofbooks.com · not rated · cited for: context
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