INTRODUCTION ENGELS

Friedrich Engels was a German philosopher, social scientist, and political theorist who
lived from 1820 to 1895. Engels born in Barmen, Prussia, today it is called Germany He
was born into a wealthy industrialist family and received a broad education in
philosophy, literature, and history.

At the age of 17, Engels traveled to Manchester, England to learn the family business at
the Ermen & Engels cotton plant. -slide

He is best known for his collaboration with Karl Marx and his significant contributions to
Marxist theory and socialist thought. – slide

Later on papahapyawin lang natin how they met and relate with each other also how their works
viewed as form of a revolt to a class struggle by their early times.

The Bremen Years is when Engels began his career in journalism, politics, and
economics He was also involved in social reform and the literary movement of a young
Germany. – slide

For 3 years in Bremen, Engels lived a double life, a merchant’s clerk, and journalist,
commentator, and an intellect by that time in 1841.

Engels enlisted as a volunteer for 1 year in an artillery regiment in Berlin while in the city he
attended lectures at the university and his Friedrich Oswald articles gained him entry into the
young Hegelian circle of the Free, a club frequented by Karl Marx

These Young Hegelians were considered radical followers of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel a
German idealist between the late 1830s and mid-1840s.

The Young Hegelians were both the product and the producers of Germany's potent mix of
religion, philosophy, and politics at the time. This revolutionary group would be led by Karl Marx
and Friedrich Engels.

Engels' life as a Young Hegelian at Berlin University strengthened his skepticism of

capitalism. His support for socialism, in which resources and means of production are
shared or owned by the public in order to create a more equal society, grew. – Slide

In his 1845 book, The Condition of the Working Class in England, Engels pointed out the
uneven distribution of wealth gained during the Industrial Revolution in Manchester,
recalling "women made unfit for childbearing, children deformed, men enfeebled, limbs
crushed, whole generations wrecked, afflicted with disease and infirmity, purely to fill
the purses of the bourgeoisie." - Slide

The city was socially and economically constructed, to support capitalism at the time, and for
Engels it was an arena ready for class conflict and revolution.

Through, The Communist Manifesto, published in 1848, represents the converging ideas of
Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx and formed the basis for the modern communist movement.
Written at a time of industrial and social change, cities were expanding, with large proportions of
the population moving from the countryside to urban areas to find employment. Economic
growth was dependent on this workforce, often exploited by employers. Engels and Marx
argued that a series of class struggles would destroy capitalism, and be replaced by socialism,
followed by communism.

Friedrich Engels worked with Karl Marx to lay the groundwork for the practice of
communism, where people live in social equilibrium, without class distinction, family
structure, religion, or property.

After Karl Marx died in 1883, Engels served as the foremost authority on Marx and
completed two edits of Das Kapital. He also wrote Socialism: Utopian and Scientific in
1880, The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State in 1884, and Ludwig
Feuerbach and the Outcome of Classical German Philosophy in 1888. – slide

"On Historical Materialism" is a seminal work written by Friedrich Engels, a German philosopher
and Marxist co-founder. Engels explores the principles and key concepts of historical
materialism, a theory that serves as the foundation of Marxist philosophy, in this essay.

Engels begins by emphasizing the materialistic approach to history, claiming that the
material conditions and relations of production are the driving force behind historical
development. He contends that a society's economic structure shapes its social and
political institutions, as well as the ideas and beliefs of individuals within that society.

Engels highlights the importance of class struggle as a central feature of historical development.
He contends that throughout history, societies have been characterized by the existence of
antagonistic social classes, with the ruling class exploiting the labor of the subordinate classes.
This class struggle ultimately leads to social revolutions and the establishment of new modes of
production.

Engels further examines the concept of dialectics, drawing from the works of G.W.F
Hegel. He explains that dialectics is the process of contradictions and conflicts within a
society, leading to changes and progress. Engels argues that historical materialism is a
dialectical process, where the contradictions within the economic structure of society
create the conditions for revolutionary change. -slide

Furthermore, Engels explores the relationship between the productive forces

(technology, tools, and means of production) and the relations of production (the social
relations that individuals enter to produce goods and services). He contends that the
productive forces continuously advance and develop, while the relations of production tend to
become obstacles to further progress. This contradiction between the productive forces and
relations of production becomes a catalyst for social transformation.

Engels also addresses the role of ideology in maintaining the status quo and justifying the
dominant class's power. He argues that the ruling class controls the means of intellectual
production, shaping the dominant ideas and beliefs in society. However, Engels
emphasizes that the development of the working class and its revolutionary
consciousness can challenge and ultimately overthrow the ruling class.

In summary, Engels' "On Historical Materialism" provides a comprehensive analysis of the key
principles of historical materialism, including the primacy of material conditions, class struggle,
dialectics, the relationship between productive forces and relations of production, and the role of
ideology. So to continue we will further discuss the origin of the family na kung saan it relates
yung mga sinabi ni engels sa mga pinublish nya na works about social construct, class
struggles and also his view on women at that time. So without further I do, next presenter would
be Sir Joel

Mahirap – revolt gustong yumaman

Class struggle between 2 the working and the ruling class due to its production and means