Marx and Engels: Historical Materialism and the Materialist Conception of History (1844–1895)

1. Marx publishes 1844 political critique introduction

   Feb 1, 1844Labels: Marx, Critique of

   • DFJ
   • MIA Critique

2. Marx writes the 1844 Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts

   Apr 1, 1844Labels: Marx, 1844 Manuscripts

   • 1844 Manuscripts

3. Marx and Engels begin close collaboration in Paris

   Aug 1, 1844Labels: Marx, Engels

   • Holy Family

4. Engels publishes industrial study of English workers

   Jan 1, 1845Labels: Engels, The Condition

   • MIA Condition
   • Britannica Engels

5. The Holy Family attacks Young Hegelian idealism

   Feb 1, 1845Labels: Marx, The Holy

   • Holy Family

6. Marx writes Theses on Feuerbach on practice

   Mar 1, 1845Labels: Marx, Theses on

   • MIA Theses
   • Philopedia Theses

7. Marx and Engels write The German Ideology manuscript

   Sep 1, 1845Labels: Marx, Engels, The German

   • MIA German Ideology
   • Britannica GI

8. The German Ideology remains unpublished in their lifetimes

   Jul 1, 1846Labels: The German

   • MIA German Ideology
   • Britannica GI

9. Communist Manifesto popularizes class struggle framework

   Feb 21, 1848Labels: Marx, Engels, Communist Manifesto

   • Manifesto

10. Marx’s 1859 Preface states base–superstructure model

    Jun 1, 1859Labels: Marx, A Contribution

    • Marx Preface
    • Britannica Kapital

11. Capital Volume I applies materialism to capitalism’s dynamics

    Jan 1, 1867Labels: Marx, Das Kapital

    • Britannica Kapital
    • Capital wiki

12. Engels’s Anti-Dühring systematizes Marxist theory

    Jan 1, 1878Labels: Engels, Anti-D hring

    • Anti D hring

13. Engels publishes Socialism: Utopian and Scientific for mass readership

    Jan 1, 1880Labels: Engels, Socialism Utopian

    • Utopian Sci
    • Anti D hring

14. Engels clarifies historical materialism in Bloch letter

    Sep 21, 1890Labels: Engels, Bloch letter

    • Engels to Bloch

15. Engels edits and publishes Capital Volumes II and III

    Jan 1, 1894Labels: Engels, Das Kapital

    • Britannica Kapital
    • Capital wiki

16. Engels dies, closing the founding phase (1844–1895)

    Aug 5, 1895Labels: Engels, Death 1895

    • Britannica Engels