The Principles Of Communism: Marx And Engles

Marxism, a method of socioeconomic analysis, was created by philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles. It studies relations between class and conflicts in society. In the early stages Marx used a sociopolitical inquiry to challenge the development of capitalism. The analysis shows that class conflicts in capitalism happen because of growing disagreements between production performance and profit by business owners. The productive forces and technology continued to advance and Marx predicted that socialism would give way to a communistic government. Karl Marx, a political economist and socialist revolutionary, brought attention to alienation and exploitation of the working class and historical materialism. Friedrich Engels was a German philosopher and Marx’s co-developer of the communist theory. The two met in September 1844 and found out that they had many similar views on philosophy and socialism. They began working together and creating many works. Later, Marx was deported from France in and the two friends moved to Belgium. In January 1846 they moved to Brussels and started the Communist Correspondence Committee. They began writing The Communist Manifesto in 1847 which was based on Engels’ The Principles of Communism.
When Marx passed away in 1883, Engels became the editor and translator of Marx’s writings.
In his Origins of the Family, Engels analyzed marriage, and made a big contribution to feminist theory, and was one of the founders of Marxist
feminism.