Ebook: Marxism & scientific socialism: from Engels to Althusser

Chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 Marx and science -- chapter 2 Engels and "scientific socialism" -- chapter 3 The question of Darwin -- chapter 4 Scientific socialism on the ground: Haldane, Bernal, and "scientific socialism" -- chapter 5 Scientific socialism and dialectical materialism -- chapter 6 Althusser and the enchantment of science.;Providing a vivid intellectual history of Marxist and socialist thought, this book explores the development of the idea of scientific socialism through the nineteenth and twentieth century from its origins in Engels to its last manifestation in the work of Althusser.