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Özge Baloglu Esra Körpez WLL 13-01-2003 A Comparison of Marx's and Rousseau's Philosophies Jean-Jacque Rousseau is the intellectual forerunner of radical socialism, especially the thought of Karl Marx. In spite of different opinions on the issues of state and government, family, religion and civil society, Rousseau's ideas about private property,freedom,equality,division of labor and ideal society greatly influenced Marx's point of view on these issues. Private Property: Both Rousseau and Marx opposed private property. According to Marx, private property is the result of alienated labor. Private property also the means by which the labor is alienated. Namely it is both the cause and the effect of alienated labor. For this reason Marx wanted to change who owned property. He wanted to take all the capitalist property and make it publicly owned. Rousseau too attacked the institution of private property and thought that a society founded on private property, which is legitimized...

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