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Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Friedrich Engels

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ggross's review against another edition

5.0

Still trying to wrap my head around Dialectical Materialism. Still, this book is great at looking at the evolution of socialism from utopian to scientific. And how dialectical materialism and historical materialism allow us to get there. How dialectal materialism and historical materialism allow us to study and analyze capitalism and it's principle contradictions which leads us to scientific socialism.

yahndawa's review against another edition

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hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

gwf_hegel's review

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5.0

technically a 4.5/5 but i’ll round up.

the intro and first chapter are quite different to what i expected but do serve as a good introduction to materialism, how it contrasts to idealism, and it’s importance to socialism.

chapter 2 is pretty superfluous and perhaps unnecessary, but maybe i only think that because i couldn’t be bothered to try and understand it.

chapter 3 is just one massive, overflowing slay. goated chat after goated chat. scientific and incisive while remaining entertaining and flamboyant at times. the last three or four pages reach quite incredible heights.

anabellaedpb's review against another edition

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4.0

Me ha gustado muchísimo es una gran introducción

jdizzle's review against another edition

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3.0

I liked this book, it is a collection of a few chapters from a different book I believe Anti-Duhring or something along those lines. I would be interest in reading the full text. I think this book is great for beginners, and for those who are not sure what socialism might look like/is, but I think there are books that go more in depth that are also better.