Friedrich Engels: Socialism: Utopian and Scientific

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Friedrich Engels: Socialism: Utopian and Scientific

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Friedrich Engels, a co-author of some of the most important political and philosophical works in history such as The Communist Manifesto, The German Ideology, etc. has played a monumentally important role in the development of Marxism. In so many ways, Marxism as an analysis can be extremely daunting and confusing to many. Further, the prescriptive political systems that were birthed from Marxism, namely socialism, have been shrouded in confusion. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific seeks to add clarity to Marxism, and the very system of socialism itself.
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Intro: 0:00
Part I: Utopian Socialism: 2:11
Part II: Dialectics: 8:39
Part III: Historical Materialism: 16:30
A Message: 22:47

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@epochphilosophy 3 жыл бұрын

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@PoliticalEconomy101 3 жыл бұрын

Kewl. You should change from philosophy to political economy. Its much more relevant and practical

@epochphilosophy 3 жыл бұрын

@@PoliticalEconomy101 I can, and definitely intend on doing both. Both are incredibly relevant and helpful to our current situation.

@johnmanole4779 Жыл бұрын

@@epochphilosophy so, you are socialist!? 🤨

@lukethomeret-duran5273 2 жыл бұрын

Within this past year Marx and Engel´s work has enlightened me. It´s truly the greatest analyse of modern human relations in history. No liberal, realist or any other form of theory even comes close. At university i naturally learn the world through the liberal doctrine, the marxist doctrine on the other hand crushes liberal theory.

@lukethomeret-duran5273 2 жыл бұрын

@@lepidoptera9337 please explain to me what about historical dialectics, material dialectics, Marxian economics and more is absolutely wrong. I've been studying multiple disciplines and political theoricians at university for years and as I stated Marx for me is by far the most accurate and well detailed analysis of the world. His theory explains modern phenomena perfectly while liberalism, conservative liberalism and other theories give wishy-washy nonsense. Please explain your understanding of these complex analyses and offer your preferred theoricians

@lukethomeret-duran5273 2 жыл бұрын

@@lepidoptera9337 the prediction of when communism would come into action is exactly that, a prediction. No man can predict the future or the events to come. A slight event could set off a landslide. However through their dialectics they said that capitalism cannot exist forever and its internal antagonisms will eventually bring it's demise. You clearly haven't read anything on Marxist theory because this is such a small inconvenient thing to base your entire statement that nothing they said was correct. Many modern economists use theories Marx and Engels came up with because it was correct however the teaching that Marx came up with it is often left out. I recommend. You do some actual reading on the topic before denouncing the entire thing. Also the rise of fascism is exactly within their dialectics. For every revolutionary movement there is a fascist movement that exists to try and stop it. A great line zizek has mentioned is that in every fascist regime you see the ruins of a potential revolution. Fascism doesn't rises by itself, it is a reaction to the end point of capitalist antagonisms

@galvezledoux154 Жыл бұрын

@@lukethomeret-duran5273 whats your opinion on Adam Smith Wealth of Nations ?

@jadekavanah9312 Жыл бұрын

@@galvezledoux154 Marx was inspired by Adam Smith! That's because Marx was building off of earlier economists who were trying to solve the same problem that Marx was eventually able to: the problem of where profit comes from in a capitalist society. So, Marx necessarily was familiar with and inspired by these economists. Also, Wealth of Nations gets quoted a lot by conservative thinktanks. But if you actually read it, it's quite liberal. Funny how bourgeois intellectuals never seem to actually read the things they revere most of the time...

@galvezledoux154 Жыл бұрын

@@jadekavanah9312 interesting , what are your thoughts of communism and capitalism just being hidden hegelian dialectics both being made by Freemasons as part of this "final revolution" aka Globalim that aldous huxley speaks of ? And how Marx wrote basically the same things that Adam Waiushaup wrote about in his illuminati doctrines ? Also that Marx was am agent of Wall Street

@TheEvilAngelDemon 3 жыл бұрын

one of the best philosophy channels, your rise is inevitable

@animanoir 3 жыл бұрын

absolutely. For example, this channel feels pro and caring, while Plastic Pills feels like they are just mocking everything and also the Wilhelm scream they use is annoying as fuck.

@McHobotheBobo 3 жыл бұрын

@@AudioPervert1 Uhhhh, there's a lot more than the Manifesto of the Communist Party in 1848 to communism lol, that's just a pamphlet..... but good for you you can blow a lot of hot air with big words - have you considered writing fiction?

@AmusingMusic 3 жыл бұрын

@@AudioPervert1 Pov: you have no idea what you’re talking about

@DJWESG1 3 жыл бұрын

@@AudioPervert1 Aristotle to Hegel.. bit of a leap there mate.

@norberthyla9621 3 жыл бұрын

Capitalist Algorithm: Haha... *NO*

@mr.bandity9604 3 жыл бұрын

I have always had trouble understanding dialectical materialism, but this really puts it into an understandable perspective for me.

@McHobotheBobo 3 жыл бұрын

Stalin's "Dialectical and Historical Materialism" is also great for that, it was how I came to most fully grasp the concept

@DJWESG1 3 жыл бұрын

Plato also said some things about some things which could be seen as a multitude of things.

@McHobotheBobo 3 жыл бұрын

@P This Yeah sure buddy and America isn't the Prisonhouse of Nations..... 🙄

@ArtinSalimi 3 жыл бұрын

This script deserves an Oscar

@epochphilosophy 3 жыл бұрын

Means a ton coming from the musical writing man yourself.

@papinate6784 3 жыл бұрын

All of his videos

@lynnixvarjo9150 3 жыл бұрын

Ian: "First, let's clear up a big misunderstanding concerning this theory" Video: *Jordan Peterson appears* Me (thinking): OH HELL NO NOT THIS BULLSHIT AGAIN

@TheMrAdhitya 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. I thought that too XD

@bugra1494 3 жыл бұрын

I am utterly baffled as to how these videos don't have millions of views...

@ericmuschlitz7619 2 жыл бұрын

Capitalism, I,e, the for profit algorithm, rejects the dialectic criticism as it threatens the accruement of wealth. It’s tough enough to exist in this platform.

@InfinitiSin 3 жыл бұрын

Marx being the one always taking the spotlight. It’s good to see my boi Engels get some recognition. Overall great video mate!

@aram69420 Жыл бұрын

Well Engels said it himself that Marx is the genius one, without Engels, Marx would've still been able to do these things. And he himself is happily be an instrument for Marx. What a humble man!

@herrstrudel3231 3 жыл бұрын

The contrast between your calm and mellow narration in the videos and your passionate rants on the live streams is very interesting.

@ericmuschlitz7619 2 жыл бұрын

Side note to dig into that phenomenon that occurs with practically everyone, check out deconstruction and Derrida. The spoken and the written word, though from the same mind, inevitably have different attitudes, which most often effects how the communication will be received.

@LibertarianLeninistRants 3 жыл бұрын

This is indeed one of the best explanatory works of Socialism and Marxism. Engels was a real talent in this regard, he also translated much of his work in different languages since he was able to speak a ton of them

@TheBurdenOfHope 4 ай бұрын

I’ve recently gone on a Degrowth journey. I’m starting to see Socialism, the green movement, Mark Fisher’s philosophy and Degrowth as a means of saving our planet and society from capitalism and form into the broad movement the left and/or progressive people need. Our world is dying and it isn’t our fault. We need change. We need a movement that can save us. Thank you for your work ❤

@seanreiman5277 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this, I’ve been struggling with dialectical materialism ever since becoming a baby leftist and this really pushed my understand forward. Great work!

@epochphilosophy 3 жыл бұрын

That's the goal, friend. These things are certainly a bit confusing at first. Happy to help.

@in_space. 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing summary. I am about to read Socialism: Utopian and Scientific and thought I'd catch up on youtube first. You've done a great job. The visuals were very well made. Keep it up.

@nicholibaldron8171 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for bringing a new economic book to my attention. It was an excellent read, but also sad that it's over 100 years old and still relevant.

@sponchywan6455 3 жыл бұрын

I’m 70% through this book I storages it yesterday and wondered if there was a good video on it. Glad I found you this is amazing

@hammersmithpalais 3 жыл бұрын

The work you're doing is absolutely fantastic. You're one of my favorite channels

@christophersantana5895 2 жыл бұрын

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING PHILOSOPHY VIDEOS ON KZfaq. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU DO, EPOCH PHILOSOPHY.

@03thirdkind 3 жыл бұрын

I love watching your videos. I've had such a much better understanding of the works I'm interested in by watching your work. You give a great groundwork for all these concepts!

@epochphilosophy 3 жыл бұрын

Super glad to hear! Means a ton.

@rvnsglcr7861 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic work so far. Thanks for your hard work, mate.

@epochphilosophy 3 жыл бұрын

More than happy to provide my friend!

@yj_chew 2 жыл бұрын

It's interesting that capitalism "resets" itself every 5 years in terms of minor resets and major resets ... but we come to perceive this as a normal phenomenon without alternatives ...

@Cabral_del_Norte 3 жыл бұрын

Here rewatching it! Great analysis.

@dialecticalveganegoist1721 3 жыл бұрын

Another great and well explained video essay

@jackri7676 3 жыл бұрын

Such a great video to explain marxism to beginners! I only wish you put a little more emphasis on overdetermination rather than a purely class oriented analysis, albeit I understand it’s not too relevant to Engel’s specific work but rather marxism as a mode of analysis altogether.

@vincecyboran2364 Жыл бұрын

Thanks! ✌️

@B4CKWARDS_CH4RM Жыл бұрын

Great video! I've been using your videos before and after I read the text to make sure I understand what was said, it's easily to lose track of conclusions I reached at the beginning but forgot by the end.

@redpoet4385 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant piece. Loved it and love you

@21kaduku 2 жыл бұрын

You continually lend toward my understanding of Marxist theory. Thank you for these fantastic videos.

@karlmarx7511 2 жыл бұрын

Let's clear something up: Jordan peterson enters Me: DAMIT WHY DOES HE HAVE TO RUIN EVERYTHING

@michaelmappin1830 2 жыл бұрын

A Marxist response to Jordan Peterson kzfaq.info/get/bejne/apiVfdhjl9nHiWw.html

@doepicshizzle6465 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for educating others about Marxism. Appreciated.

@surajchaudhary613 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic work brother, keep it up!

@logicNreason2008 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for everything that you do

@tej98 2 жыл бұрын

God, the content and the quality of this video is top notch. You're doing great work, thanks!

@smugli3012 3 жыл бұрын

not a marxist but socialism utopian and scientific helped me develop my politics a lot.

@mariacutajar3285 Жыл бұрын

what a wonderful video, and great editing! as a philosophy student this was incredibly useful :)

@chrisu.6649 3 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this video. I have questions, though: 1. What exactly would a modern work environment look like -- say an office -- where the workers controlled mode of production? 2. What would America look like without Private organizations?

@capnbarky2682 2 жыл бұрын

1. An example would be how Unions actually function right now. People within the hierarchy of control are not given permanent control over a position like current managers/CEOs. A union manager on one job could be a worker on the next, or the foreman, or the cleaner. This is decided on democratically by the collective of workers. 2. No clue

@user-rg7ci7yx4p 5 ай бұрын

Excellent works keep it up.

@mpanciera 3 жыл бұрын

I would like to know how do you make your videos, because they are so fine made. I would like to produce something alike in Portuguese.

@edubmf 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. Many thanks.

@timquigley986 3 жыл бұрын

You are incredible. I can not appreciate the work you put in

@user-qm8bc4bu1t 7 ай бұрын

Reason is more at the heart of the enlightenment period. Comte was the main french philosopher I'd say that may have impacted Marx and Engels. And then Hegel for dialectics (German).

@mrchangcooler 13 күн бұрын

In dialectics, rather than lockean metaphysics, the mystery of superposition, a cat being both dead and alive and particles being in multiple states until measured, is no mystery at all. It's a natural fact of matter that is not either state. If used deeper in physics, dialectical materialism is likely to shine light on many quantum mysteries.

@arbitrarydesign379 Жыл бұрын

Great job! Keep it up!

@DJWESG1 3 жыл бұрын

You are just teasing me now.. this is my favourite work. I'm always quoting the condition of the working class, but this takes it to new heights.

@paulhamrick3943 8 ай бұрын

What about this quote? “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. Freeman and slave, patrician and plebeian, lord and serf, guildmaster and journeyman, in a word, oppressor and oppressed, stood in constant opposition to one another, carried on an uninterrupted, now hidden, now open fight, that each time ended, either in the revolutionary reconstitution of society at large, or in the common ruin of the contending classes.”

@vebdaklu 5 ай бұрын

Class struggles always existed. That is the point.

@DDub04 3 жыл бұрын

Apparently the audiobook is like 2.5 hours, so thanks for the good summary. Gotta write an essay now.

@MM-KunstUndWahrheit 2 жыл бұрын

So basically the more you know about the history of european philosophy and the french revolution, the easier it is to comprehend this book's intentions...But a great summary you represented

@miroslavhoudek7085 3 жыл бұрын

When I was a child, my teacher told me that I would not be allowed to join the communist youth organization until I start behaving like a good boy. That never happened but at least I have these videos to finish my indoctrination now.

@nicholascastro5091 2 жыл бұрын

If this video doesn’t spark the proletarian revolution nothing will! Great compact, digestible video.

@allypoum 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent work. Freddy was a rad lad.

@N05Y573M 2 жыл бұрын

Truth is something extremely powerful and extremely vulnerable. -An other. Thank you for this! Crucial thinking. Something you want to begin to consider as soon as possible. Excelent achievement on behalf of your content, really this one is one of your best and topic's pioneer content I've found so far. 5⭐!!

@N05Y573M 2 жыл бұрын

@@lepidoptera9337 assuming I understood your thought, why would you call it "wrong"? Wrong against what, i.e.? (I like your name)

@0bleach0 3 жыл бұрын

Incredibly well said and gorgeous visuals. I'll certainly be back

@smooa1889 3 жыл бұрын

just binge watched all your vids im so glad i found this channel

@LogicGated 2 жыл бұрын

Easily one of the best philosophy channels on KZfaq

@brookeallysia6842 3 жыл бұрын

I just finished this portion of Marxist Classics volume one. I appreciate your further elaboration of the idea expressed in the book! Very helpful, keep up the good work!

@MrSaki786x 3 жыл бұрын

@ashleyjo111 6 ай бұрын

Anyone know the name of the guy speaking? He sounds just like James Lindsey.

@wedas67 3 жыл бұрын

It won’t be long before this channel dominates all Left KZfaq channels

@davidalvarez1388 3 жыл бұрын

Great video adding lobsterman to explain historical materialism was hilarious

@michaelmappin1830 2 жыл бұрын

A Marxist response to Jordan Peterson kzfaq.info/get/bejne/apiVfdhjl9nHiWw.html

@shnorglebop1798 2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit. I feel like I’ve just had a philosophical breakthrough.

@jcrass2361 3 жыл бұрын

Man, the Engels end quote about how communities won’t stand for very long to be exploited by such a small collection of capitalists, sad, when I see so many talk about wealth and how we might soon have man-made trillionaires, and then just have no connection with Marx or any sort of political economy. It’s just another day in America, robber baron gilded age 2.0. Anyways, really great video and content. Explained these ideas nicely when I’ve been struggling to get my head around it.

@DJWESG1 3 жыл бұрын

I wrote this poem about 15 years ago, inspired by this work and events taking place at the time. Straight lines upwards, side by side Circles of power, difference collide Apex rises, lifts few off base Community asunder, left in the waste. Posted it on twitter, and eddy izzard hit me up asking me to explain it to him. I think it speaks for itself. But thems is people..

@olivercroft5263 3 жыл бұрын

Law of the instrument is quite a powerful heuristic though. It's very difficult to understand 'being' in the middle of many surplus tensions. Being openminded, to change the contemplative ideas into a material and social reality.

@AB-gw6uf 3 жыл бұрын

Well they have a lot to be said to do and the best to do this in a way for them for a good reason and the other way for the other side of their lives is a general problem that they c and are you to be in to the previous one of our own lives in a very different way?

@mafismathis8012 3 жыл бұрын

are you related to epoch times?

@theo6741 Жыл бұрын

17:30 “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.” I can see where the confusion lies. Of course this pertains to written history and not all history, the text puts a large onus on the reader for interpretation that i’m not sure the un-familiar would be able to handle.

@perfeiff5967 2 жыл бұрын

tnx dude, we will buy the book to our bookcafee in Gothenburg :)

@ludwig1. 2 жыл бұрын

While Marx and Engles didn't come out and say the totality is w/in the class struggle , they got pretty damn close in the Maifesto. Either way, Engles deserves far more recognition than Marx. It's nice to see him get some credit.

@envyxsavi8033 3 жыл бұрын

Fire

@yashagrawal88 2 жыл бұрын

Can anyone tell what is the vehicle/machine at 5:20 called or where is the video taken from?

@benzur3503 3 жыл бұрын

16:43 finally the video everyone has been bugging you to make about Peterson is here

@Bisquick 3 жыл бұрын

As usual, awesome. JP is def the go-to example for not understanding...well, most things. He's quite useful in that way though, a clear antithesis to illuminate actually understanding this stuff. The end is particularly great and I think the main point we have to continually highlight, that if we actually value the concept of "democracy", we cannot ever achieve it within a class structure that gives more power inherently to one class over the other. Helpful and illuminating empirical basis for those that may be skeptical of this claim, as weirdly the denial of class itself seems to be a pretty prevalent contention, probably since it's an easy way to circumvent considering any of this: scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/files/gilens_and_page_2014_-testing_theories_of_american_politics.doc.pdf

@user-qm8bc4bu1t 7 ай бұрын

Yep he was a genius. Could speak sth like 13 languages. Locke absolutely trashed England as they tried to kill him.

@christinemartin63 Жыл бұрын

I'm reminded of the line from "The Third Man": "You know what the fellow said - in Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace - and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock." I would add that without capitalism, there would be no civilization. Marxism is great on paper, worthless in practice. Fast forward to 1989--enough said.

@vebdaklu 5 ай бұрын

...so, civilisation didn't exist before like 4 centuries ago?! Or are you just shortening the famously racist "The US is the only civilised country in the world" bullshit?

@perricreates 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are too good! I just wonder ; how are you so smart lol!

@stino9635 3 жыл бұрын

Love your shit

@gilbertnuijten 2 жыл бұрын

This, to me, is also very well (Hegel) understood by listening to Alan Watts.

@Tambaha Жыл бұрын

Is the starting point that people have food and housing provided to them, a good starting point to base further ideas of society from?

@vebdaklu 5 ай бұрын

Yes. Isn't that obvious? I have a house, I don't pay rent. I am therefore in a position to study, to get a good job, to explore the world and life and be active in my community, because my basic existential needs are met. If I had the constant existential pressure of being a month away from homelessness, I wouldn't be able to focus on either myself or others - stress isn't good for focus and growth.

@andrewrx88 Жыл бұрын

In Plato: the republic. Socrates argues the good and bad of justice. wealth has attached itself to justice and that is where you lose the good, only the bad is left as a solution. Wealth being attached to justice is never true justice. The moral frame work of life is not incentivized by wealth.

@scumbagdyln 2 жыл бұрын

excellent video, duder!

@totonow6955 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@DarkArcticTV 3 жыл бұрын

thank you for posting this

@RVGODZILLA 3 жыл бұрын

word diggin' the style mixed w/ know.the.ledge comrade! Alid!

@Alice_Bedlam 3 жыл бұрын

Should I skip the introduction of the book?

@biryanilover9327 2 жыл бұрын

Best video on this topic

@MrMarktrumble 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@georgebrickley2131 3 жыл бұрын

thankyou for what you do!

@DevinNixonDavis 2 жыл бұрын

I’m from new harmony Indiana

@auroraorha 3 жыл бұрын

Underrated !

@simonfreebody 2 жыл бұрын

"The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles." - that is like the first line of the first chapter of the communist manifesto by Marx and Engels...

@jstevinik3261 3 жыл бұрын

17:50 The Manifesto does state, "."

@zachharvey5493 Жыл бұрын

Thankyou

@Ald3hyd3 3 жыл бұрын

@ 15:53 I think you used the PS2 launch sound.

@JayFortran 3 жыл бұрын

Dialectics sounds like it has some crossover with Buddhist philosophy in which the only constant is change

@marcantoinelab12321 2 жыл бұрын

Great video

@kimfreeborn 10 ай бұрын

Without its moral argument Marxism would have little force. Marxist dialectical stages and its predictive power has not been born out to this point in history: advanced capitalist countries have not been the ones that have become communist. Marxists have changed the source of a proletariat from the working classes to identity groups based on moral beliefs and marginalization and not the means of production. On the Left, Fascism is now seen as the formation after late stage capitalism rather than socialism. Communist countries like China rely on behavior controls systems rather than control of the means of production. Control of the means of production does not create an awakened proletariat.

@vebdaklu 5 ай бұрын

...so, the working class shouldn't have any control? Mate, why are you acting like history stopped? Future societies will surely be different than the ones we have today, I don't know how you could confidently predict that none of those societies will be in any way Marxist. Besides, at any point in history you could make the same argument you made - if you existed, for example, in the post-revolution USA, you could say "slavery will never be abolished here", if you existed before the French revolution, you could say "royalty will never be held accountible for their actions"...Don't allow yourself to fall for the trap that the world as it is today will be frozen in time forever.

@TRENKROM 2 жыл бұрын

I have a hard time with the "Marxism is a pure analytic, not an ideology on its own". All analytical systems bring certain ontological commitments witg them, and those alone are sufficient for an ideology. I think the more mature view is to realize there is no getting outside ideology, merely holding coherent and material ones. That is the value of marxism. Not that it is un-ideological. Loooving the vid tho

@albertcamus1995 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I think its possible to apply marxism or materialism or imminent critique or whatever the no-lifers are calling it now, but it fails to understand that in practical terms all actors of marxism are ideologically biased.