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Friedrich Engels
Photograph by William Hall,
Born	()28 November Barmen, Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Kingdom of Prussia (now Wuppertal, Germany)
Died	5 August () (aged&#;74) London, England
Political party
Philosophy career
Education	Gymnasium zu Elberfeld (withdrew)[1] University of Berlin (no degree)[1]
Notable work	The Condition of the Working Class in England, Anti-Dühring, Socialism: Utopian and Scientific, The German Ideology, The Communist Manifesto
Partner(s)	Mary Burns (died ) Lizzie Burns &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#;
Era	19th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental philosophy Marxism
Main interests	Political philosophy, political economy, class struggle, criticism of capitalism
Notable ideas	Alienation and exploitation of the worker, dialectical materialism, historical materialism, false consciousness

Friedrich Engels II (28 November – 5 August ) was a Germanpolitical thinker and writer.

He wrote about Communism with philosopherKarl Marx. They wrote the book The Communist Manifesto together.

Biography

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Friedrich Engels II was born in Barmen, Germany in His father was a very rich factory owner.

Biography friedrich engels communism The Communist League was the successor organisation to the League of the Just which had been founded in but had recently disbanded. German philosopher — Translated as Capital: A Critique of Political Economy , the book argues that the motivating force of capitalism is in the exploitation of labor, and Marx wanted to create a theoretical foundation for the overthrow of capitalism. He was involved in social reform and the literary movement of a young Germany.

His father sent Friedrich to England to run one of his factories. Engles became upset with the way the workers were living at the factory. He was upset with the class system. At about this time, Engles began to write about politics and the struggles of the workers.

In , he met Karl Marx in France.

Biography friedrich engels communism and socialism Capital accumulation Crisis theory Commodity Concrete and abstract labor Factors of production Falling profit-rate tendency Means of production Mode of production Capitalist Socialist Productive forces Scientific socialism Surplus product Socially necessary labour time Value-form Wage labour. Republic c. The work also contains seminal thoughts on the state of socialism and its development. In this work, one of the best selling socialist books of the era, [ ] Engels briefly described and analyzed the ideas of notable utopian socialists such as Charles Fourier and Robert Owen.

The two men became friends. They also began to write together. The two men worked together until the death of Marx in Engels' influential work, "The Condition of the Working Class in England," highlighted the harsh realities of industrialization. His partnership with Marx laid the foundation for modern communism, and his writings continue to shape discussions on class struggle and societal transformation.

Karl marx Toggle the table of contents. Together with Karl Marx, Engels' books and publications have influenced societies worldwide, most notably, the former Soviet Union, Cuba, and China. After his apprenticeship in Manchester, Friedrich Engels worked in the export trade business and lived in the city of Bremen, Prussia from to In Manchester, Engels met Mary Burns , a fierce young Irish woman with radical opinions who worked in the Engels factory.

After Marx died, Engels spent the rest of his life editing and translating Marx' writings. He also wrote about women and marriage. Engles died of throat cancer in London in , leaving a lasting legacy in the realms of political philosophy and social critique.

1. ↑ Norman Levine, Divergent Paths: The Hegelian Foundations of Marx's Method, Lexington Books, , p.

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