![]() not in the philosophy, but in the economics of each particular epoch."Įngels provides a simplified view of the economic analysis developed by Marx in Das Kapital, explaining how the " anarchy of production" which is essential to capitalism produces a " vicious circle" of economic crises and crashes. ![]() From this point of view, the final causes of all social changes and political revolutions are to be sought. This became the most popular pamphlet ever published by Marx and Engels except for the original Communist Manifesto.Īfter considering the historical origins of socialism in the work of the French philosophers of the 18th Century and dialectical philosophy of Hegel in the 19th Century, Engels lays out the materialist conception of history as developed by Marx: "The materialist conception of history starts from the proposition that the production of the means to support human life and, next to production, the exchange of things produced, is the basis of all social structure that in every society that has appeared in history, the manner in which wealth is distributed and society divided into classes or orders is dependent upon what is produced, how it is produced, and how the products are exchanged. ![]() In 1880, Engels took three chapters from a larger work, Anti-Dühring and turned them into a pamphlet, Socialism: Utopian and Scientific. Its Relation to a Culture of Peace for the 21st Century ![]() Engels: Socialism: Utopian and Scientific Strategy for Revolution in 21st CenturyĮngels: Socialism: Utopian and Scientific 1880 ![]()
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