So far as form is concerned, only the numerous foreign words could arouse doubts. How could what was in the first place a purely scientific work be suitable for that, What changes in form and content were required?

It was, however, not originally written for immediate popular propaganda. I was naturally in agreement with that and put my work at their disposal. Then the editors of the Zurich Sozialdemokrat informed me that a demand was generally being raised within the German Social-Democratic Party for the publication of new propaganda pamphlets, and they asked me whether I would not apply those three chapters to this purpose. The surprising success of the Lafargue translation in the French-speaking countries and especially in France itself forced me to consider the question whether a separate German edition of these three chapters would not likewise be of value. A rendering into Polish made from the French translation has just appeared in Geneva and bears the title: Socyjalizm utopijny a naukowy, Imprimerie de l’Aurore, Genève, 1882. The French translation revised by me appeared first in the Revue socialiste and then independently under the title: Socialisme utopique et socialisme scientifique, Paris, 1880. Iput them together for my friend Paul Lafargue for translation into French and added a few extra remarks. Dürings Umwalzung der Wissenschaft, Leipzig, 1878. The following work is derived from three chapters of my book: Herrn E. Engels, Die Entwicklung des Sozialismus von der Utopie zur Wissenschaft, Hottingen-Zurich, 1882 He founded Marxist theory together with Karl Marx.Preface to the First German Edition of Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Frederick Engelsįrederick Engels 1882 Preface to the First German Edition of Socialism: Utopian and Scientific Chapter three summarizes dialectics in relation to economic and social struggles, essentially echoing the words of Marx.įriedrich Engels (1820-1895) was a German philosopher, social scientist, journalist and businessman. In chapter two, he summarizes dialectics, and then chronicles the thought from the ancient Greeks to Hegel.

He then proceeds to Fourier and Robert Owen. It focuses on the materialist conception of history, which is based on an analysis over history, and concludes that communism naturally follows capitalism.Įngels begins the text by chronicling the thought of utopian socialists, starting with Saint-Simon.

Engels claims that whereas utopian socialism is idealist, reflects the personal opinions of the authors and claims that society can be adapted based on these opinions, scientific socialism derives itself from reality. In 'Socialism: Utopian and Scientific' (1883), Friedrich Engels explains that Marxism is scientific socialism.

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