Marx and life

Abstract

This paper tríes to explicit the marxían concept of life, based special!Y on those works wrítten during Marx' s youth: Economic and philosophic Manuscripts and The German ideology. lt considers Marx ana!Ysis of two reductionisms of hís time, thínkíng wíthout any reference to lífe or living under a very abstract thought. Two attitudes which exclude the form of life ítself. Besides, ít goes on the very practica! but also organical way how Marx understands lífe: under a dynamíc relatíon of the parts and the whole, life does not deny diversity but íntegrates ít. Finally, it emphasízes the díalectic comprehensíon of Marx, s concept of life; partía! negatíons, contradíctíons and even the death itself can not be avoíd by life. This paper makes explicít, then, the thesís of Marx that suppose the open character oflife; ít is dialectíc and systemíc but not closed so, from lífe on everythíng can be done.