Marxs General : The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels

English

ISBN: 0805080252

EAN: 9780805080254

Category: Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism/Biography & Autobiography / Social Scientists & Psychologists/Biography & Autobiography / General/Biography & Autobiography / Philosophers/

Publisher: Holt & Company, Henry

Release Date: 08/18/2009

Synopsis: A remarkable new biography from one of Britains leading young historians that recovers the co-founder of communism from the shadows of historyThoughThe Communist Manifestocredits Friedrich Engels as its co-author, it was Karl Marx who gave his name to the creed that swept the world. Yet without Engels, Marxism would have been impossible. For forty years Engels supported Marx personally and financially, enduring a loathed existence as a textile magnate to give his friend the freedom to write. It was Engelss firsthand knowledge of slums and factory conditions that underpinned Communist doctrine; it was his grasp of global capitalism that made its way intoDas Kapital. And, after Marxs death, it was Engelss work that set the stage for the political theories of the USSR.Drawing on a wealth of letters and archives, renowned historian Tristram Hunt reclaims the intellectual legacy of one of the greatest social commentators, and details a life of extraordinary contradiction: the capitalist mill owner who urged the dictatorship of the proletariat; the incendiary radical who concealed scandalizing love affairs behind a facade of bourgeois respectability. An epic tale of devoted friendship, ideological struggle, and family heartbreak,Marxs Generalrestores to full importance this major historical figure.

Marxs General : The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.43 inches

Width: 6.5 inches

Length: 9.5 inches

Weight: 16.05 oz

Pages: 448