the origin of the family private property and the state by friedrich engels

The wealthy Engels family owned large cotton-textile mills in Barmen and Salford, England, both expanding industrial metropoles. The Engels family house at Barmen (now in Wuppertal), Germanyįriedrich Engels was born on 28 November 1820 in Barmen, Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Prussia (now Wuppertal, Germany), as eldest son of Friedrich Engels Sr. Following cremation, his ashes were scattered off Beachy Head, near Eastbourne. On 5 August 1895, aged 74, Engels died of laryngeal cancer in London. In 1884, he published The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State on the basis of Marx's ethnographic research. Additionally, Engels organised Marx's notes on the Theories of Surplus Value which were later published as the 'fourth volume' of Das Kapital. After Marx's death, Engels edited the second and third volumes of Das Kapital. Later, Engels supported Marx financially, allowing him to do research and write Das Kapital. In 1848, Engels co-authored The Communist Manifesto with Marx and also authored and co-authored (primarily with Marx) many other works. In 1845, he published The Condition of the Working Class in England, based on personal observations and research in English cities. Įngels developed what is now known as Marxism together with Karl Marx. His family owned large textile factories in England and Prussia. He was also a businessman, journalist and political activist.

Friedrich Engels ( / ˈ ɛ ŋ( ɡ) əl z/ ENG-(g)əlz, German: 28 November 1820 – 5 August 1895) was a German philosopher, critic of political economy, historian, political theorist and revolutionary socialist.

The origin of the family private property and the state by friedrich engels