Early Life
Born
The Dialectic
Historical process of development:
intellectual, moral, political, social, etc.
Thesis generates its antithesis
Out of the conflict of these arises a
synthesis which serves as a new thesis
In principle this never ends, though
Hegel in fact ends this process in his
philosophy and the Prussian state
Dialectical Materialism
Early Career
Father
dies in 1838
Transfers to the University of Jena in
1839
Earns his PhD from the University of
Jena in 1841 with a dissertation on
the atomism of Democritus
1842 becomes editor of the leftist
journal Rheinische Zeitung
Engels Writings
Exile
Exiled
Paris Manuscripts
1844
Also called Economic and Philosophical
Manuscripts, written in exile in Paris
during 1844 but not published until 1927
Developed the concept of alienation that
would be influential on many later
thinkers
Developed a moral critique of Capitalism
as fundamentally relying on conflicts
whose resolution must be unjust
Constructing a Politics
REVOLUTION!!
In
A Life of Involvement
Ran the Neue Rheinische Zeitung from 18481850
Was a prominent supporter and spokesman
for labor unions, and served as President of
the Working Mens International Association
in 1864
Worked as a foreign correspondent for the
New York Times, where he publicly criticized
colonialism and supported many national
independence movements in Africa and India