Classical Marxism, 1850-1895 Political Ideas of Marx and Engels Volume 2

Richard N. Hunt

ISBN 10: 0822934965 / ISBN 13: 9780822934967

Published by Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, Pittsburgh, PA, 1984

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Classical Marxism, 1850-1895 Political Ideas of Marx and Engels Volume 2
• Publisher: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, Pittsburgh, PA
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0822934965
• ISBN 13: 9780822934967
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition (Unstated).
• Condition: Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

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Synopsis

Richard N. Hunt has examined the entire body of writings by Marx and Engels, including little-known essays and letters, to present a lucid chrono­logical analysis of the development of their political ideas. Volume 1, Marx­ism and Totalitarian Democracy, 1818-1850, called "gracefully writ­ten, massively researched, and gener­ally magnificent" (Thomas Ferguson, <i>Slavic Review</i>), was widely acclaimed volume, Professor Hunt covers the period 1850-1895, whose central political events were the Franco­Prussian War and the short-lived Paris Commune. He continues to document with meticulous scholarship his thesis that throughout their lives Marx and Engels were committed to classic democratic ideals and did not advocate minority revolution, dic­tatorship by an elite, or the establishment of a totalitarian regime.<br>In volume 1, Professor Hunt dis­tilled from the Marx-Engels corpus two general strategies for achieving communism. He now finds two more, one based on the study of conditions in Russia undertaken by the two men in the 1870s, and another that developed after they observed the expansion of democratic institutions, especially in England.<br>Although the twentieth century regards Marx and Engels as the apostles of violent revolution, Pro­fessor Hunt finds that the most truly radical element in their political thought was their vision of a post­revolutionary society that would transcend the division of labor, becoming a society of occupational fluidity, one with­out professional politicians, bureaucrats, or legislators.

About the Author

<b>Richard N. Hunt</b> is Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh. His other two books are <i>The Creation of the Weimar Republic</i> and <i>German Social Democracy, 1918-1933.</i>