Selected Correspondence: 1846-1895
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Tanning and foxing
At the heart of one of history's most consequential intellectual partnerships lies a private world of ideas, arguments, and revolutionary fervour — Selected Correspondence: 1846-1895 presents an extraordinary collection of letters exchanged between Karl Marx and Frederick Engels across nearly five decades, offering an unfiltered window into the minds that reshaped modern political thought. Spanning from the turbulent years preceding the revolutions of 1848 through to the final years of Engels' life, this volume chronicles the development of Marxist theory in real time, as two of history's most formidable thinkers wrestled with economics, philosophy, politics, and the practicalities of organising a global workers' movement. Translated by Dona Torr and enriched with explanatory notes, this edition — published as Volume XXIX in the Marxist Library: Works of Marxism-Leninism series — presents the correspondence with scholarly rigour, making it an indispensable resource for students and academics alike. The letters illuminate not only the theoretical architecture of Marxism as it was being constructed, but also the deeply human relationship between two men whose intellectual symbiosis produced some of the most influential texts in the history of political philosophy. For anyone seeking to understand the living, breathing process behind Das Kapital and The Communist Manifesto, this collection raises a compelling question: how much of history was quietly decided in a letter?
Author: Karl Marx And Frederick Engels
Format: Hardback
Published: 1975, Greenwood Press, Publishers
Genre: Politics & law
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Tanning and foxing
At the heart of one of history's most consequential intellectual partnerships lies a private world of ideas, arguments, and revolutionary fervour — Selected Correspondence: 1846-1895 presents an extraordinary collection of letters exchanged between Karl Marx and Frederick Engels across nearly five decades, offering an unfiltered window into the minds that reshaped modern political thought. Spanning from the turbulent years preceding the revolutions of 1848 through to the final years of Engels' life, this volume chronicles the development of Marxist theory in real time, as two of history's most formidable thinkers wrestled with economics, philosophy, politics, and the practicalities of organising a global workers' movement. Translated by Dona Torr and enriched with explanatory notes, this edition — published as Volume XXIX in the Marxist Library: Works of Marxism-Leninism series — presents the correspondence with scholarly rigour, making it an indispensable resource for students and academics alike. The letters illuminate not only the theoretical architecture of Marxism as it was being constructed, but also the deeply human relationship between two men whose intellectual symbiosis produced some of the most influential texts in the history of political philosophy. For anyone seeking to understand the living, breathing process behind Das Kapital and The Communist Manifesto, this collection raises a compelling question: how much of history was quietly decided in a letter?