Socialism: Utopian and Scientific: Unabridged
Written by Friedrich Engels
Narrated by George Doyle
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In Socialism: Utopian and Scientific (1883) Friedrich Engels explains that Marxism is scientific socialism. Engels claims that whereas utopian socialism is idealist, reflects the personal opinions of the authors and claims that society can be adapted based on these opinions, scientific socialism derives itself from reality. It focuses on the materialist conception of history, which is based on an analysis over history, and concludes that communism naturally follows capitalism. Engels begins the book by chronicling the thought of utopian socialists, starting with Saint-Simon. He then proceeds to Fourier and Robert Owen. In Chapter Two, he summarizes dialectics, and then chronicles the thought from the ancient Greeks to Hegel. Chapter Three summarizes dialectics in relation to economic and social struggles, essentially echoing the words of Marx.
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) was, like Karl Marx, a German philosopher, historian, political theorist, journalist and revolutionary socialist. Unlike Marx, Engels was born to a wealthy family, but he used his family's money to spread his philosophy of empowering workers, exposing what he saw as the bourgeoisie's sinister motives and encouraging the working class to rise up and demand their rights. He wrote several works in collaboration with Marx - most famously "The Communist Manifesto" - and supported Marx financially after he was forced to relocate to London. Following Marx's death, Engels compiled the second and third volumes of Das Kapital, ensuring that this seminal document would live on. He continued writing for the rest of his life and died in London in 1894.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5After rejecting idealism, Engels presents Socialism in scientific, philosophical and practical terms. Then describes Socialism’s ideal. The rejecting of idealism before presenting the ideal underlines the fact that True Socialism/Communism will always be sought and improved upon, never reached as Capitalism claims to have been. The recording is serviceable but lacking.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I learned a lot about history by reading this audio book. Many characters in history have been described through this audio book. This audio book tells how the workers moved and how they fought..