This brilliant work invites the reader to delve into the early writings of Karl Marx. Assuming as his working methodology a successful combination of historical approaches, of the cultural and intellectual context of the young Marx, and analytical approaches, of his brilliant, imaginative and innovative writings, Professor David Leopold presents a comprehensive and critical study at the same time. Thus, he studies, among other issues, key elements such as alienation, the concept of citizenship and community, anti-Semitism and utopianism in the initial thought of Karl Marx. Rigorous and original, The Young Karl Marx is a work that convincingly and radically reinterprets Marx's often misinterpreted vision of German philosophy, modern politics, and human fulfillment.