Socialism: Utopian and Scientific
Interesting Facts
- The book is one of the key works where Engels explains the transition from utopian socialism to scientific socialism based on historical materialism.
- In his work, Engels critiques utopian socialists like Saint-Simon, Fourier, and Owen for their idealistic and unrealistic approaches to transforming society.
- In the book, Engels emphasizes the importance of class struggle as the driving force of historical development and asserts that only the proletariat can lead to a socialist revolution.
- Engels uses historical analysis to show how capitalism inevitably leads to its own destruction and creates the conditions for a socialist society.
- The book was based on a series of lectures Engels delivered between 1876 and 1878 and was first published in 1880.
Date of publication: 24 November 2024
Updated: 14 November 2026
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Genre: Philosophy
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