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Peuchet: o samobójstwie
Peuchet: On Suicide

Author(s): Karl Marx
Subject(s): Philosophy, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Social Philosophy
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: suicide; oppression of women; bourgeois society; critique of alienation; history of police

Summary/Abstract: Polish edition of Karl Marx’s article from 1846 published originally in the journal Gesellschaftsspiegel. The article was a translation of a selected fragments from the memoirs by Jacques Peuchet, a former archive-keeper of the Paris police prefecture describing four cases of suicide together with a commentary by Peuchet on the social causes of suicide. Marx made important changes to the text of the translation regarding the original source material and also included his introductory commentary.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 45
  • Page Range: 99-121
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish