Engels Today: Centenary Appreciation, A

Description: "Engels Today" marks the centenary of Frederick Engels death through a collection of papers engaging with the thought of Marx's only close collaborator, who was influential in his own right, as well as in his attempted popularisation of 'Marxism'. Specialists in different disciplines here address what is still alive in Engels' contributions to them; they discuss matters that remain influential, or controversial, in the works of this great socialist and thinker, relating to Nature, Science, Women, Revolution, Democracy, Economics, Materialism and Class. Contents: Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; C.J.Arthur - Engels and Democracy; T.Carver - Engels: Revolutionary Realist; A.Collier - Engels without Dogmatism; J.O'Neill - Engels and the Politics of Nature; T.Benton - The Condition of the Working Class in England: 150 Years On; A.Dennehy - Engels's Origin, Legacy, Burden and Vision; L.Vogel - Engels and Materialism; S.Sayers - Engels as Interpreter of Marx's Economics; C.J.Arthur - Index