1860-64 (v. 41) - Couverture rigide

Marx, Karl; Engels, Friedrich

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0853156174 ISBN 13 : 9780853156178

Editeur : Lawrence & Wishart Ltd, 1987

Synopsis

‘Indispensable to anyone with a serious interest in Marx, Marxism and the 19th century’ - EJ Hobsbawm

Volumes 38-50 of the Collected Works contain the letters of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Volume 41 contains their letters to each other and others from January 1860 to September 1864. This material provides an irreplaceable insight into their life and work, enabling us to build up a picture of their practical revolutionary activities. This period saw the continuous rise of the bourgeois democratic and national liberation movements which had been growing in Europe and America ever since the world economic crisis of 1857.

Rich in ideas and human interest, Marx and Engels wrote of their creative plans, of the immense research they undertook in different fields of knowledge, and touched upon a wide range of philosophical, economic and sociological problems. They compared the results of their work, shared their impressions of the books they read, and discussed the various doctrines and theories of contemporary thinkers.

About the Collection

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were the authors of an integrated body of philosophical, economic and social-political views, the ideology of communism, which in our time has spread more widely and exercised a greater influence on the course of world history than any other.

This collection, spanning the years 1835 to 1895, is the product of an agreement and collaboration of British, American and Soviet scholars, translators and editors in 1969, and remains the most comprehensive collection of writings by Marx and Engels available in the English language.

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À propos de l'auteur

Born in Trier and exiled to London, Karl Marx (1818–1883) laid the groundwork for modern social science. In The Communist Manifesto (1848), he mapped how class struggle drives history, while in The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte (1852), he detailed how political crises emerge when social structures buckle under economic transition. For over 175 years, his framework of historical materialism has explained how material conditions shape human society.

Reimagined in the 21st century, Marx’s theories map onto platform capitalism. Today, massive tech monopolies own the digital means of production—cloud infrastructure and proprietary data—while generative AI automates cognitive labor in a modern echo of industrial mechanization. Across global gig economies and remote workforces, his concept of alienation endures: human intellect, harvested into algorithms, becomes a force that competes with workers and concentrates wealth in the hands of a new techno-bourgeoisie.

Born in Barmen, Friedrich Engels (1820–1895) documented the brutal realities of industrialization in The Condition of the Working Class in England (1845), exposing how structural neglect breeds systemic poverty. Co-authoring The Communist Manifesto (1848) with Karl Marx, Engels established a foundational analysis of class conflict that has shaped socio-economic thought for nearly a century and a half. In the 21st century, his insights sharpen a central claim: platform monopolies control digital infrastructure, while precarious gig workers and algorithmic management echo the factory exploitation he observed in Manchester. Engels’ critique endures, revealing how concentrated capital continually extracts value from labor.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lawrence & Wishart Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1987
• Langue: allemand
• ISBN 10: 0853156174
• ISBN 13: 9780853156178
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 746
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible