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The provided passages describe "The German Ideology" as a detailed criticism of post-Hegelian thought, written by Marx and Engels in 1845-46 [1]. It is characterized as their first comprehensive statement on historical materialism [1].
The work is a systematic account of their theory concerning the relationship between economic, political, and intellectual human activities [1]. The passages do not provide further details or explanations of these key concepts in simpler terms.
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Title: The German Ideology, Parts I & III. by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels Description: "In Brussels, in 1845-46, Marx and Engels labored on this detailed criticism of post-Hegelian thought. The manuscript was not published during their lifetime, being abandoned, as Marx once said, 'to the gnawing criticism of the mice.' Almost ninety years after it was written, the manuscript was recovered and published. This work was Marx' and Engels' first comprehensive statement on historical materialism. The product of a period of undisturbed cooperation, it is a systematic account of their theory of the…