In my opinion, this is a better introduction to Marxism than the Communist Manifesto. The first chapter focuses on utopian socialist who tried to make reforms but ran up against roadblocks of the bourgeoisie, and since it was based on an unscientific view, it lead to a "mish-mash of critical stateme

I recently started a personal project of reading Marxist theory (something I hope to delve deeply into in 2021, despite it being a busy year for me) and Socialism : Utopian and Scientific is one of the necessary preliminary texts. Now, I didn't want to jump directly into Capital, Vol. 1: A Critical

Turns out that, between the two, Engels is the better explainer of Marx’s ideas. I’ll be recommending this little piece to newcomers to Marx going forward. Engels manages to distill the key points of both Historical Materialism and Dialectical thinking in a concise and straightforward way whereas Ma

This work is very much "Marxism 101", and, like the Manifesto, it seems like it would make for a good entry point.

Engels lays out his and Marx's intellectual predecessors from the early French materialists to Saint Simon, Fourier, and Owen. He explains their "utopian" socialisms quite well, and con

A brilliant introduction to the basics of Marxist philosophy and economics. Just read it for the first time in probably 15 years. Will resolve to go back to it at least every couple of years - the explanations are so clear and the writing so powerful, it's a joy to read. Unfortunately doesn't come w

Socialism: Utopian and Scientific is one of the most important works for understanding Marxism. In this work Engels establishes what scientific socialism really is in three main parts.

He explains the role of utopian socialism and in particular specifies that utopian socialism was only an emotional a

The most accessible and riveting of the original Marxist works I’ve read so far…

(Note: I wrote this review in 2018, prior to reading Capital, Vol. 1: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production)

The Brilliant:
--“Marxism” just points to “go read Marx”; “scientific socialism” is more descriptive. Unpa

you should read this.
everyone should read this.
dialectics for the cool kids.
historical materialism for the pals.

I've not read a more concrete explanation of D & HM particularly, but the whole piece is a wonderful exploration of where the lads were at the end of the 19th century and to a lesser e

أسلوب إنجلس سلس جدًا وواضح ومتسلسل بطريقة منطقية، الكتاب سهل جدًا إذا كان عندك معلومات عامة سطحية عن الفلسفة والماركسية
يبدو أنه أن تقرأ عن الماركسية شيء وأن تقرأ للماركسيين شيء آخر
ويبدو أيضًا أن الاتحاد السوفيتي لم يكن ماركسيًا

Don't start learning about socialism by reading the Communist Manifesto, start with this. It's a small piece, covering the utopian socialist movements, the development of Hegelian dialectics, and historical materialism. The first part is a description of the utopian socialist movements, what motivat