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The birth of Marx’s poetic philosophy and its intention – revaluation of Marx’s early poetry and its significance

TERRA ECONOMICUS, , Vol. 14 (no. 4),

The poetic works by young Karl Marx has long been neglected in modern academic fields and studies on Marxism. Normally, most scholars view these poems as love poetry which bears nothing more than adolescent impulsion and thirst for love. Not only the motif is dull and singular but also the significance is narrow. This paper retorts the prejudice on Marx’s poetry and expounds on the poetic theme and philosophical or even political economic significance of these early poems, believing in the continuation of romantic influence and transition on young Marx and his philosophical care revealed in these poems and thereof the political economic perspectives of the undergoing production system and social relations of capitalist society he lived in. In brief, Karl Marx has exhibited humanitarian ethos, critical thinking and aesthetic consciousness in his poems which serve as the best evidence of the origin of his poetic philosophy and political economy. In these poems, Karl Marx’s sensible intelligence paves the way for his philosophical thinking and political economic perspective in his coming research and investigation in philosophy and political economy of human society.

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Critical attitude towards the theory of digital shadow economy: literature review and new foundations

TERRA ECONOMICUS, , Vol. 14 (no. 4),

This article is aimed at the complement of the theory of traditional shadow economy with the definition, features and channels of digital shadow economy. The issue of digital shadow economy is indeed new and, considering it as a branch of traditional shadow economy, very young. According to the results of the national scientific project “Digital Shadow Economy” the definition of digital shadow economy has been developed; the distinctive features and the main channels of digital shadow economy have been identified. The position of consumers’ towards the phenomenon of digital shadow economy and consumers’ motives to buy products/services in digital shadow markets has been found out as well.

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