Engels Today A Centenary Appreciation
Engels Today marks the centenary of Frederick Engels death through a collection of papers engaging with the thought of Marx's only close collaborator, who was influential in his own right, as well as in his attempted popularisation of 'Marxism'. Specialis
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Also by Christopher J. Arthur DIALECTICS OF LABOUR: Marx and his Relation to Hegel
Engels Today A Centenary Appreciation
Edited by
Christopher 1. Arthur
Honorary Lecturer in Philosophy University of Sussex
First published in Great Britain 1996 by
MACMILLAN PRESS LTD
Houndmills. Basingstoke. Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-0-333-66531-2 ISBN 978-1-349-24871-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-24871-1 First published in the United States of America 1996 by
ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, INC., Scholarly and Reference Division. 175 Fifth Avenue. New York. N.Y. 10010
ISBN 978-0-312-16013-5 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Engels today: a centenary appreciation I edited by Christopher J. Arthur. p. em. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-312-16013-5 (cloth) I. Engels. Friedrich, 1820-1895. I. Arthur. C. J. (Christopher John), 1940- . HX274.7.E53E44 1996 335.4'092-dc20 96-14477 CIP Editorial matter, selection, Introduction and Chapter 8 © Christopher J. Arthur 1996 Chapters 1-6 © Macmillan Press Ltd 1996, Chapter 7 © Sean Sayers 1996 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright. Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. 90 Tottenham Court Road. London WI P 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. 10 05
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Contents Notes on the Contributors
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Introduction Christopher ]. Arthur 1 2
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Engels and Democracy
1
Terrell Carver
Engels: Revolutionary Realist?
29
Engels Without Dogmatism
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Engels and the Politics of Nature
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The Condition of the Working Class in England: 150 Years On
95
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Andrew Collier John O'Neill Ted Benton
Anne Dennehy
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Engels's Origin: Legacy, Burden and Vision
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Engels and Materialism
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Engels as Interpreter of Marx's Economics
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Lise Vogel
Sean Sayers
Christopher ]. Arthur
Index
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Notes on the Contributors Christopher J. Arthur studied at the Universities of Nottingham and Oxford; he taught philosophy for many years at the University of Sussex. He is the author of Dialectics of Labour: Marx and His Relation to Hegel (1986); he edited The German Ideology by Marx and Engels (1970), Law and Marxism by E. Pashukanis (1978) and Marx's Capital: A Student Edition (1992). Ted Benton is Professor of Sociology, University of Essex. He is the author of Natural Relations (1993), The Rise and Fall of Structural Marxism (1984) and Philosophical Foundations of Three Sociologies (1977). Terrell Carver is Professor of Political Theo
