Marx & Engels: Basic Writings on Politics and Philosophy [Paperback]

Karl Marx (Author), Friedrich Engels (Editor), Lewis Feuer (Author)

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Text: English, German (translation)

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Professor Feuer wrote a new introduction for the 1990 edition of this anthology which emphasizes Marx as political sociologist and philosopher of history rather than as economist. Engels' and Marx's writing are represented here in their full variety and also include little-known letters and essays.

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• Paperback: 497 pages
• Publisher: Anchor; First Edition. pb original edition (August 3, 1959)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385094205
• ISBN-13: 978-0385094207
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,582,811 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A good selection of the works of Marx and Engels, October 21, 2007

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This is a useful collection of the works of Marx and Engels. Even though Marxism no longer appears to have much appeal to people throughout the world, it is still an important perspective in the history of political thought. And this volume is one among several that provides a nice introduction to the oeuvre.

Among key works:

"Manifesto of the Communist Party"; "Critique of the Gotha Program," "Theses on Feuerbach," Excerpts from "The German Ideology" and "Capital."

Also, excerpts from "The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte," "The Civil War in France," and "The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State."

The volume concludes with a series of letters and essays that humanize the subjects of this volume.

For those who want to learn more about the work of Marx and Engels, this is a useful volume. It is not, perhaps, as good as the edited works by Tucker or McLellan. Nonetheless, it is a solid volume.