Bøger af Friedrich Engels

Frederick Engels (1820-1895), the son of a wealthy German textile manufacturer, moved in 1842 to England to take a position in a factory near Manchester partially owned by his father. Engels met Karl Marx in 1844 and began a lifelong association with him. The two are considered to be the founders of modern communism. The Condition of the Working Class in England (1845; English translation 1847) is one of the classic texts of Marxist thought, standing besides such other of Engels' works as Socialism: Utopian and Scientific and The Dialectic of Nature. It is a vitally important political, social and historical document.

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Frederich Engels (1820-1895) was a German businessman and renowned political theorist. This influential volume, first published in German in 1845 and in English in 1892, contains Engels' classic account of early Victorian working-class life in Manchester and remains a vivid portrait of nineteenth-century urban England.

L.M. Findlay's elegant new translation is a work of textual and historical scholarship. Few books have had as much of an impact on modern history as The Communist Manifesto.

This definitive edition of the Communist Manifesto, prepared for its 150th anniversary, includes a foreword by Marxist scholar Paul M. Sweezy, co-editor of Monthly Review; the full text of the Manifesto, in a distinctive and pleasing hand-set typeface; the important catechism Principles of Communism, drafted by Engels in 1847 as a basis for the Manifesto; and "The Communist Manifesto After 150 Years, " a far-reaching interpretive essay by Ellen Meiksins Wood, co-editor of Monthly Review.

Expounds a political worldview, including positions on materialism, labour, production, alienation, the expansion of capitalism, class conflict, revolution, and eventually communism. This book charts the course of 'true' socialism based on Hegel's dialectic, while criticising the ideas of Bruno Bauer, Max Stirner and Ludwig Feuerbach.

”Herr Eugen Dührings omvæltning af videnskaben” eller slet og ret ”Anti-Dühring”, som bogen mere populært er kendt som, er en af marxismens hovedværker. I denne udgave er desuden et forord under titlen: "Hvorfor uvidenhed aldrig har hjulpet nogen" af den britiske marxist og redaktør på In Defence of Marxism Alan Woods. Friedrich Engels var Marx’ livslange makker og medforfatter på ”Det Kommunistiske Manifest”. Hr. Eugen Dühring er for længst gået over i historiens glemsel, mens værket ”Anti-Dühring” på trods af at den udkom første gang i 1878, beholder sin fulde relevans den dag i dag. Dühring fremførte, som så mange før og efter ham, hvad han præsenterede som et ”nyt” socialistisk teoretisk system. Engels blev opfordret af sine tyske partikammerater til at svare på Dührings ideer, ikke så meget pga. Hr. Dühring selv, men fordi hans ideer repræsenterede en bredere strømning i den socialistiske bevægelse, hvor der var en kamp mellem de revolutionære marxistiske ideer og en begyndende revision af marxismen i reformistisk retning. Det er ideer og argumenter, der stadig den dag i dag florerer i arbejderbevægelsen og på venstrefløjen i Danmark og internationalt. Engels’ argumenter mod Dühring er derfor yderst relevante også i den igangværende diskussion om vejen frem for venstrefløjen. ”Anti-Dühring” er en grundig indføring i marxismens forskellige bestanddele: filosofi, den dialektiske materialisme, historisk materialisme og marxistisk økonomi. Derudover giver Engels en grundlæggende indføring i hans og Marx’ tanker om et socialistisk samfund. Den kan anbefales alle, der ønsker en indføring i marxismen. Og den kan ikke mindst anbefales alle, der ønsker at kæmpe for et alternativ til kapitalismen, et socialistisk samfund.