Marx-Engels Collected Works (Volume 2: December 1833 - October 1842)

Author: Central Committee of the Marx-Engels-Lenin-Stalin Society of the Communist Party of China
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Features: This volume includes works written by Engels from December 1833 to October 1842, with the exception of a few literary essays from his secondary school years. The majority of these works were written during his period of internship and business practice in Bremen and his time serving in the army in Berlin. These writings reflect the formation process of his revolutionary democratic thought and materialist worldview. Engels closely followed the intellectual struggles and social realities of Germany at the time. He wrote a series of essays titled "Letters from Bremen" for the newspaper "Morning Paper of the Intellectuals" and "General Herald," each with distinct content. In "Rationalism and Piety" and "The Theological Controversy," he commented on the debates between piety and rationalism in theology, exposed the mystical characteristics of piety, affirmed the positive role of rationalism, and called for unity under the banner of reason to fight against the dark forces of religion.