Monatsarchive: Juni 2023

The good social scientist, as Engels showed, could only be a person free from the illusions of bourgeois society. Ω Ω Ω It must not be forgotten that Engels was (unlike most other foreign visitors) no mere tourist, but a Manchester businessman … Weiterlesen →

The work begins with a brief sketch of that Industrial Revolution which transformed British society and created, as its chief product, the proletariat (chapters I—II). This is the first of Engels‘ pioneering achievements, for the Condition is probably the earliest … Weiterlesen →

As Marx and Engels championed materialism against idealism in philosophy, so also they consistently criticised the view that the state stood above classes, represented the common interest of all society (except negatively, as a safeguard against its collapse), or was … Weiterlesen →