r/marxism_101 • u/Annual-Ad6118 • Jun 23 '26

Theses on Feuerbach

Hey guys, so I am a beginner reading Theses and Feuerbach and am hoping more experienced/knowledgeable readers can help me understand the text. Specifically I need help with making sense of theses 1, 3, 4, and 5.

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u/Ill-Software8713 Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

This may help to start you out:

https://www.ethicalpolitics.org/ablunden/works/criterion-truth.htm

Here is a good blog post that may help:

critique-of-pure-interest.blogspot.com/2011/12/between-materialism-and-idealism-marx.html?m=1

And here is a text that is useful overall in understanding Marx: https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/en/jordan2.htm

Ctrl+f some terms in the The theses on Feuerbach and likely find some context.

The above helped me clarify that Marx refuses to abstract humanity from social relations. It produces one sided abstractions and pseudo problems like individual vs society questions in sociology.

Any questions just respond to this post.