Introduction to Marx, Engels, Marxism – New Edition

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Several note worthy essays by V.I. Lenin and a few selected excerpts from his works dealing with the historical approach and evolution of Marxism are presented in chronological order in this brief anthology.

A major portion of this book consists of the essay on Karl Marx and his teachings, which Lenin wrote for a Russian encyclopedia. He began writing the essay in July 1914 while in Galicia and finished it in Switzerland in November of the same year. It was printed in an abridged form in Vol. xxvii of the Granat Encyclopedia (1915) under the heading “Marx,” together with a bibliography.

The present edition presents the full text of Lenin’s manuscript, with the exception of the bibliographical annex, which would be of limited interest to general readers.

Of special importance are Lenin’s essays “The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism,” as well as “The Historical Destiny of the Doctrine of Karl Marx.”

Together, the selections in this brief anthology serve as a Introduction to the rich heritage of Marxism. They begin with Lenin’s essay on Engels, written shortly after Engels’ death in 1895.

This short volume also includes a new Foreword by Dee Miles, chair of the Communist Party’s Education Commission. She argues, “This small collection provides the reader with a complete exposition of the foundations of Marxism, brief biographies of Marx and Engels, and highlights of the application of Marxist theory to the conditions of pre- and post-1917 revolutionary Russia.”