Reexamining Engelss Legacy in the 21st Century

While the deepening structural crisis of capitalism in the 21st century has led to a revival of interest in Marx all over the world, Marxs life-long comrade Frederick Engels has largely remained marginalized. To commemorate the bicentenary of Engels birth, this edited collection aims to rectify this gap in academic scholarship by gathering a diverse group of scholars to consider the legacy of Engelss thought and work and critically examine his theoretical relevance in todays world. The contributors of this volume provide new, stimulating reading of Engelss works to revive some of Engelss key ideas. The Legacy of Engels in the 21st Century integrates the most recent discoveries and achievements of Marxian scholarship, employing the historical-critical method developed in the Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe to shed light on the forgotten aspects of Engel's critique of capitalism and vision of postcapitalism.

Kohei Saito is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Osaka City University, Japan.