Name: Socialism: Utopian and Scientific
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Author: Friedrich Engels
ISBN: 9781989708965

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Friedrich Engels

Publisher

Binker North

Language

English

Pages

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9x15.2x0.4 cm

Weight

0.12 kg.

ISBN13

9781989708965

Synopsis "Socialism: Utopian and Scientific"

Socialism: Utopian and Scientific is a short book first published in 1880 by German-born socialist Friedrich Engels. The work was primarily extracted from a longer polemic work published in 1876, Anti-Dühring. It first appeared in the French language.The title Socialism: Utopian and Scientific was adopted for the first English edition -- the tenth language in which the book appeared. Intended as a popularization of Marxist ideas for a working class readership, the book was one of the fundamental publications of the international socialist movement during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, selling tens of thousands of copies.Throughout the decade of the 1860s, Karl Marx, close personal friend and political associate of Friedrich Engels, dedicated himself to the study of economics, culminating in the publication of the first volume of Das Kapital in 1867. Marx's lengthy and ponderous volume was extremely difficult for the average reader to penetrate, however, leading Engels to suggest to Marx in a letter of September 16, 1868 that a short popularized version of Das Kapital for a working class audience was urgently needed."If it is not written, some Moses or other will come along and do it and botch it up," Engels warned.Marx concurred with Engels' assessment, suggesting "it would be a very good thing if you yourself wrote a small popular explanatory pamphlet. Engels went on to prepare a short summary of the central points of Das Kapital, but the pamphlet was never published. Nevertheless, the necessity for popularization of Marx's frequently turgid prose remained -- a need finally addressed by Engels with the publication of the short work Socialism: Utopian and Scientific more than a decade later.

Friedrich Engels

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Friedrich Engels (Barmen, 1820–Londres, 1895) fue un filósofo, economista, periodista, empresario y revolucionario alemán, considerado junto con Karl Marx uno de los fundadores del socialismo científico y del pensamiento marxista. Hijo de una familia industrial, combinó su experiencia en el mundo empresarial con un profundo interés por la crítica de la economía capitalista, la historia y las condiciones de la clase trabajadora. Su colaboración intelectual y política con Marx marcó decisivamente la historia del pensamiento moderno.

Entre sus obras más influyentes se encuentran Manifiesto comunista, escrito junto a Karl Marx, y El capital, cuya publicación y desarrollo posterior estuvo estrechamente ligado a su labor editorial tras la muerte de Marx. También fue autor de textos fundamentales como La situación de la clase obrera en Inglaterra y El origen de la familia, la propiedad privada y el Estado. Su legado ha sido central en los debates políticos, económicos y sociales de los siglos XIX y XX, aunque no recibió premios formales en vida.

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