"What is the nature of the 'laws' that Marx and Engels sought to formulate for the development of capitalism? How to understand and judge Engels's attempt to formulate a general philosophy and worldview? These are the questions highlighted in this magnificent work that situates Marx and Engels's...

"This book rejects the commonly-encountered perception of Engels as perpetuator of a "tragic deception" of Marx, and the equally persistent body of opinion treating him as His Master's Voice. Engels's claim to recognition is reinforced by an exceptional contribution in the 1840s to the very...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Friedrich Engels at 200 Revisiting his maiden paper “Outlines of a Critique of Political Economy” (1844) -- Chapter 3: The Internal Contradiction of Land Rent and Young Engels’ Critical Theory of Private Ownership -- Chapter 4: Engels, Werner Sombart,...

Zur Marx’schen Theorie gibt es immer wieder neue Erkenntnisse. Einige stammen sogar von Karl Marx persönlich, zutage gefördert durch die Arbeiten an der Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe (MEGA), die unter der Ägide der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften stattfinden. Der...