ABSTRACT
In Marx’s and Engels’ works, the terms “socialist society” and “communist society” are sometimes distinguished as different stages of and playing different roles in the coming of the future society. Other times, they are used in undistinguished reference to the future society that is to displace capitalism. If the Augsburg paper demanded and wanted more than slick phrases, it would see that writings such as those of Leroux, Considerant, and above all Proudhon’s penetrating work, can be criticized, not through superficial notions of the moment, but only after long and deep study. Furthermore, the authors wish to influence our contemporaries above all. The problem is how best to achieve this. In this context there are two incontestable facts. Both religion and politics are matters of the very first importance in contemporary Germany. In a socialist society, human needs are more enriched. People adopt new modes and objects of production. The human essence is fulfilled and native human capacity materialized.
