Engels in Eastbourne
Among other things, Friedrich Engels was one of the most remarkable figures to have ever lived in Eastbourne in Sussex, and since was the bicentenary of his birth what better time to remember a legendary revolutionary socialist who was also&#;
- one of the most modern, cosmopolitan and educated contemporary witnesses for the entire breadth of the 19th century who analysed the development of modern industrial society in Europe
- the theorist, who long before Karl Marx focused on the key function of economics for intellectual and political development, and also pioneered social history, urban geography and thinking ecologically about humanity&#;s relationship to the natural environment
- as a young German writer, he was firework of correspondence, poems, polemics and drafts of plays
- a cross-border commuter and polymath between all classes, strata and genres &#; philosopher and bon vivant, textile entrepreneur and worker leader, scientist and politician
Biography
Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx with Marx&#;s daughters, Jenny, Eleanor and Laura,
Friedrich Engels was born on November 28, as the eldest of nine children of the ambitious textile entrepr
The Corn Laws
Frederick Engels
Written: on December 22,
First published: in the Supplement to Rheinische Zeitung, December 27,
Marked with the sign &#;X&#;;
Source: MECW Volume 2;
Transcribed: in for by Andy Blunden.
From Lancashire, December The end of the existing Corn Laws is rapidly approaching. The people are in a real fury about the &#;corn tax&#;, and no matter what the Tories do, they cannot withstand the pressure of the exasperated masses. Sir Robert Peel has prorogued Parliament until February 2 &#; six weeks for the opposition to fan the anger still more. When the new session opens, Peel will have to state his position on the sliding-scale at the very outset; it is generally believed that he has at least begun to waver in his attitude towards it. If he decides to drop it, the more extreme Tories will undoubtedly resign from the government and make room for the moderate Whigs, and then the Peel-Russell coalition will have come into being. In any case, the aristocracy will defend itself stubbornly, and I, for my part, do not think it can be induced to agree &#; voluntarily to the free import of corn. The English nobility allowed the Reform Bill and Catholi
Read With Me: Friedrich Engels' The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State - Part 1
This is part 1 of a 2-part series. Here is Part 2.
The cover of the Penguin Classics edition of Friedrich Engels' The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State contains a photo of a poverty-stricken family from the East End of London in the year The family consists of three children and what is assumed to be their mother. The father is conspicuously absent.
The cover alone prompts an immediate question: where is the father?
This photo was taken 5 years after author Friedrich Engels had passed away, so he obviously didn’t choose it for the modern-day Penguin edition cover, but it does hint at the overarching question he raises:
Is the patriarchal nuclear family the oldest and most natural form of the family?
In other words, when considering prehistoric people, should we assume that monogamy was the original family structure?
Engels uses the introduction to familiarize the reader with the studies of contemporary anthropologists researching the prehistoric family. These anthropologists put forth a concept much different from the patriarchal family. In fa
Friedrich Engels. The Wages Theory of the Anti-Corn law league
"Friedrich Engels. The Wages Theory of the Anti-Corn law league". Band 25 Karl Marx / Friedrich Engels: Werke, Artikel, Entwürfe, Mai bis Mai , edited by , Berlin, Boston: Akademie Verlag, , pp.
(). Friedrich Engels. The Wages Theory of the Anti-Corn law league. In (Ed.), Band 25 Karl Marx / Friedrich Engels: Werke, Artikel, Entwürfe, Mai bis Mai (pp. ). Berlin, Boston: Akademie Verlag.
Friedrich Engels. The Wages Theory of the Anti-Corn law league. In: . ed. Band 25 Karl Marx / Friedrich Engels: Werke, Artikel, Entwürfe, Mai bis Mai . Berlin, Boston: Akademie Verlag, pp.
"Friedrich Engels. The Wages Theory of the Anti-Corn law league" In Band 25 Karl Marx / Friedrich Engels: Werke, Artikel, Entwürfe, Mai bis Mai edited by , Berlin, Boston: Akademie Verlag,
Friedrich Engels. The Wages Theory of the Anti-Corn law league. In: (ed.) Band 25 Karl Marx / Friedrich Engels: Werke, Artikel, Entwürfe, Mai bis Mai . Berlin, Boston: Akademie Verlag; p
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