On the Jewish Question: First Translation of the "Jewish Question" by Marx

"O Jevrejskom Pitanju" - On the Jewish Question –

The first translation in Serbian language. By Karl Marx

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This translation is extremely rare, there is a total of 6 copies in public Libraries in Serbia (according to COBISS online register) and one copy in the National University Library of Ljubljana. There are no other copies known of this edition in any other European or western library.

As the publisher of the translation was an institution (Arhiv za pravne i društvene nauke), and it wasn't printed en masse since it was considered ideologically controversial. The number of copies printed is most probably 100 and likely under 50. There is a total of 7 surviving known copies besides this one.

O Jevrejskom pitanju is a first Serbian translation of the famous Marx's work Jewish Question where he argues whether are the Jews and their capital is indeed a danger for society. The origin of Marx's attitude toward Jews and money is traced to his early life experiences. While Marx's 1st paper attacked the Jews, his target later changed from the Jew to the capitalist.

It is noted that Marx never disavowed his early paper on the Jewish question, but never again did he use anti-Semitism as a basic element in his attack on the rich. Contrary to assertions that the communism of Marx is an anti-Semitic doctrine, it is contended that, in his final version of the materialist theory of history and the concept of capitalism, neither Jews nor anti-Semitism played a part in the construction of his theory.

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Beograd, Arhiv za drustvene i pravne nauke, 1952.

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Pp.: 28

Size: 23 x 16 cm

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Binding: Wraps, some minor stains, paper browning due to aging.

Condition: Uncut, paper browning due to ageing clean copy.

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