Born in Frankfurt-am-Main, Erich Fromm (1900-1980) studied sociology and psychoanalysis. In 1933, he emigrated as a member of the Frankfurt School of social thinkers to the United States, moved to Mexico in 1950, and spent his twilight years between 1974 and 1980 in Switzerland. His books Fear of Freedom (1941) and The Art of Loving (1956) made him famous. Other well-known books are Marx's Concept of Man, Beyond the Chains of Illusion, and The Essential Fromm.Karl Marx (1818-1883)was a philosopher, social scientist, historian and revolutionary activist. Oneof the most widely influential - if often controversial - thinkers of the last200 years, his books include TheCommunist Manifesto and the unfinished multi-volume work Capital.

Erich Fromm - one of the most important psychoanalytic thinkers of the 20th century - presents and responds to Karl Marx's Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts.

Fromm's presentation and response to these texts profoundly affected radical thought in the 20th century.

Preface Part I: Marx's Concept of Man, Erich Fromm1. The Falsification of Marx's Concepts2. Marx's Historical Materialism3. The Problem of Consciousness, Social Structure and the Use of Force4. The Nature of Man5. Alienation6. Marx's Concept of Socialism7. The Continuity in Marx's Thought8. Marx, The ManPart II: Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts, Karl MarxTranslator's NotePrefaceFirst Manuscript: Alienated LabourSecond Manuscript: The Relationship of Private PropertyThird Manuscript: Private Property and LabourPrivate Property and CommunismNeeds, Production and Division of LabourMoneyCritique of Hegel's Dialectic and General PhilosophyFrom German IdeologyPreface to a Contribution to the Critique of Political EconomyIntroduction to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Law. Critique of ReligionReminiscences of Marx, Paul LafargueJenny Marx to Joseph WeydemeyerKarl Marx, Eleanor Marx-AvelingConfession, Karl MarxKarl Marx's Funeral, Frederick EngelsAfterword, Erich Fromm

In publishing Marx's Concept of Man in 1961, Erich Fromm presented to the English-speaking world for the first time Karl Marx's then recently discovered Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts. Including the Manuscripts and many other philosophical writings by Marx as well as Fromm's own extended response, many of these writings have since become recognised as important works in their own right. Fromm stresses Marx's humanist philosophy and challenges both contemporary Western ignorance of Marx and Soviet corruptions of his work. Fromm's analysis of Marx's work and his dissemination of these neglected writings by Marx himself fundamentally altered the prevailing discourse about Marxism, revolutionising contemporary thought and providing a formative influence for the development of the New Left.