This edited volume discusses the life and scholarship of Friedrich Engels. Written to commemorate the two-hundred-year anniversary of Engels birth, the contributions take a look into his research from a variety of viewpoints, trace the influence of his predecessors, and critically evaluate his place within 19th century scholarship. In addition, specific topics are taken up, such as his (mis)assessment of American capitalism, his influence on the Italian labor movement, the thematization of social problems and the relevance of his thought in a global economy. Providing a fresh look at the co-founder of scientific socialism, this volume will be of interest to researchers and students of contemporary political, social and economic systems, the history of economic thought, and political history.

Jürgen G. Backhaus is emeritus Professor of Public Finance and Fiscal Sociology at Erfurt University, Germany. He is the founding editor of the book series European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences as well as the European Journal of Law and Economics. 

Günther Chaloupek is former director of the economic research department of the Austrian Chamber of Labour. He has a Dr. jur from University of Vienna (Austria) and MA in economics from University of Kansas (US). He is co-editor of European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences. 

Hans A. Frambach is Professor of Microeconomics and the History of Economic Thought at the Schumpeter School of Business and Economics, University of Wuppertal, Germany. He is co-editor of European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences.

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Friedrich Engels at 200 Revisiting his maiden paper Outlines of a Critique of Political Economy (1844).- Chapter 3: The Internal Contradiction of Land Rent and Young Engels Critical Theory of Private Ownership.- Chapter 4: Engels, Werner Sombart, and the significance of Marxs economics.- Chapter 5: Friedrich Engels and positivism an attempt at classification.- Chapter 6: Engels Conceptions of Dialectics, Nature and Dialectics of Nature.- Chapter 7: Friedrich Engels and the revolution.- Chapter 8: Remarks on the embarrassed publishing history of Engels, Die Lage der arbeitenden Klasse in England.- Chapter 9: Economic facts are stronger than politics: Friedrich Engels, American Industrialization, and Class Consciousness.- Chapter 10: Engels strategic advice to the representatives of the Italian labour movement.- Chapter 11: Friedrich Engels and Electricity.- Chapter 12: Two sides of young Friedrich Engels: private letters and professional studies.