Covers the historical and biographical contexts and major contemporary interpretations of this classic text for understanding Marx and Engels, and for grasping Marxist political theory.
Contents include: State and Individual in Political Thought -- Remaking Theology: Orthodoxies and their Critics -- Philosophy in the Wake of Hegel -- Historical Methods in Europe and America -- Capitalism and Its Critics -- Social Darwinism -- Feminist Thought -- Race and Empire in the Nineteenth Century