Friedrich Engels and Modern Social and Political Theory

In this comprehensive overview of Friedrich Engelss writings Paul Blackledge critically explores Engelss contributions to modern social and political theory generally and Marxism specifically. Through a careful examination both of Engelss role in the forging of Marxism in the 1840s and his contributions to the further deepening and expansion of this worldview over the next half century Blackledge offers a closely argued and balanced assessment of his thought. This book challenges the long-standing attempt among academic Marxologists to denigrate Engels as Marxs greatest mistake and concludes that Engels was a profound thinker whose ideas continue to resonate to this day.