Socialism: Utopian and Scientific

By: Friedrich Engels

Narrated by: George Doyle

In "Socialism: Utopian and Scientific" (1883), Friedrich Engels explains that Marxism is scientific socialism. Engels claims that whereas utopian socialism is idealist, reflects the personal opinions of the authors and claims that society can be adapted based on these opinions, scientific socialism derives itself from reality. It focuses on the materialist conception of history, which is based on an analysis over history, and concludes that communism naturally follows capitalism.

Engels begins the text by chronicling the thought of utopian socialists, starting with Saint-Simon. He then proceeds to Fourier and Robert Owen. In chapter two, he summarizes dialectics, and then chronicles the thought from the ancient Greeks to Hegel. Chapter three summarizes dialectics in relation to economic and social struggles, essentially echoing the words of Marx.

Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) was a German philosopher, social scientist, journalist and businessman. He founded Marxist theory together with Karl Marx.©2017 Audioliterature (P)2017 Audioliterature

Engels makes it easy

Easy to understand basis on socialism and communism. Robert Owen shout out was super educational

Essential Text

To change this world we must first understand it. This is an essential text for communists.

An excellence book by Engels

in this book Engels exaplains the difference between the two views of socialism using examples of missions to implement socialism by others during his time and demiystifying what socialism is and is not.

Bad Audio

This is a great book but the audio is too quiet. It's difficult to hear

Brilliant, important work

This is an essential text for those seeking to understand Marxism and get deeper into theory. Clear and to the point