评近期出版的《马克思恩格斯全集》历史考证版(MEGA)

Review on Recent Publications of the Marx-Engels Gesamtausgabe(MEGA)

文章对完整版的《马克思恩格斯全集》的编辑历史进行全面考察,回顾了前苏联和前东德编辑完整版学术性全集的尝试和1989年德国统一以后的当代编辑工作,评价了MEGA的组织编辑原则和学术价值,对近期出版的MEGA分卷进行了评述;突出强调了查阅马克思和恩格斯19世纪50、60年代的书信和新闻作品的重要价值,即有利于读者理解影响马恩政治思想发展的各种事件。他们的信件、新闻、哲学和政治经济学之间相互交织的关系证明了MEGA收录的丰富材料具有重要意义。

This essay surveys the history of compiling a definitive edition of Marx and Engels' s corpus. It reviews previous Soviet and East-German attempts to produce complete scholarly editions but principally examines the current project undertaken after German unifica-tion in 1989. After evaluating MEGA's organization and its usefulness for scholars, the article then reviews recent publications of this edi-tion. In particular the essay illustrates the value of assessing Marx and Engels' correspondence and the journalism of the 1850 s and 1860 s to understand the manifold contingencies that shaped their political development. The entwined relationship of their letters, journalism, phi-losophy, and political economy validates the importance of evaluating the full range of materials in MEGA.