Engels
German socialist philosopher
Engels refers to Friedrich Engels (1820–1895), the German philosopher and social scientist who, with Karl Marx, developed the theory of communism.
Engels co-authored *The Communist Manifesto* and funded Marx's work.
The name appears in discussions of Marxist theory and socialist history: Marx and Engels argued that class struggle drives historical change.
Reasoning through contradiction
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
Das Kapital · class consciousness · means of production · surplus value · alienation · exploitation · capital · false consciousness
1848 anticapitalist political pamphlet
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- collectivizationForced communal ownership transfer
workers · common ownership · central planning · Marxist-Leninist · revolutionary · internationalism · working class · emancipation
German economic philosopher
- co-authorJoint creator of text
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
- financial supportMoney given to assist
editor · collaborator · ghostwriter · Manchester · cotton trade · patron
Reasoning through contradiction
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
- naturalismWorldview excluding the supernatural
- atheismRejection of deities
- determinismDoctrine of causal necessity
Darwinism · positivism · empiricism · rationalism · metaphysics · epistemology
Central European language
- family nameHereditary portion of identity
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
Reformed capitalism with welfare state
- labor movementOrganized effort for worker rights
- trade unionismOrganized worker advocacy system
- egalitarianismPhilosophy of universal equality
- redistributionSharing out again differently
public ownership · social reform · planned economy · welfare state · collectivism · industrial society · reformism
dialectics
Reasoning through contradiction
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
revolution · Das Kapital · class consciousness · means of production · surplus value · alienation · exploitation · capital · false consciousness · Communist Manifesto
Communist Manifesto
1848 anticapitalist political pamphlet
- proletariatLaborers lacking capital ownership
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
collectivization · workers · common ownership · central planning · Marxist-Leninist · revolutionary · internationalism · working class · emancipation
Marx
German economic philosopher
- co-authorJoint creator of text
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
financial support · editor · collaborator · ghostwriter · Manchester · cotton trade · patron
dialectics
Reasoning through contradiction
- materialismPrioritizing goods over spirit
- naturalismWorldview excluding the supernatural
- atheismRejection of deities
determinism · Darwinism · positivism · empiricism · rationalism · metaphysics · epistemology
German
Central European language
- family nameHereditary portion of identity
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- genealogyStudy of family descent
social democracy
Reformed capitalism with welfare state
- labor movementOrganized effort for worker rights
- trade unionismOrganized worker advocacy system
- egalitarianismPhilosophy of universal equality
redistribution · public ownership · social reform · planned economy · welfare state · collectivism · industrial society · reformism
EngelsAdam Smith
Classical economics founder
Milton Friedman · Ayn Rand · capitalist · Andrew Carnegie · free-marketeer
Engelsrobber barons
Exploitative nineteenth-century capitalists
Andrew Carnegie · John D. Rockefeller · Henry Ford · industrialists · Pinkertons
- Marx and EngelsSocialist philosophy's founding pair
- Friedrich EngelsGerman communist philosopher