Socialism: Utopian and Scientific - MIA

1877: Anti-DuhringFrederick Engels'ANTI-DÜHRINGHerr EugenDühring'sRevolution inScienceWritten: September 1876 - June 1878Published: In German in Vorwärts, January 3 1877to July 7 1878Published: As book, Leipzig 1878.Translation: Emile Burns (from the 1894 Stuttgartthird edition)Transcribed for the Internet: meia@marx.org,August 1996Formerly known as Herr EugenDühring's Revolution in Science,Engels' Anti-Dühring is a popularand enduring work which, as Engelswrote to Marx, was an attempt "toproduce an encyclopaedic survey ofour conception of the philosophical,natural-science and historicalproblems."Marx and Engels first became awareof Professor Dühring with hisDecember 1867 review of Capital,published in Ergänzungsblätter.They exchanged a series of lettersabout him from January-March 1868.He was largely forgotten until themid-1870s, at which time Dühringentered Germany's politicalforeground. GermanSocial-Democrats were influenced byhttp://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1877-ad/index.htm (1 of 6) [23/08/2000 17:41:39]