Marx and Engels and the 'Red Chemist': The Forgotten Legacy of Carl Schorlemmer

Authors

  • Ian Angus

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14452/MR-068-10-2017-03_4

Keywords:

Marxist Ecology, Ecology, History

Abstract

Most accounts of Marx and Engels's lives, if they mention Carl Schorlemmer (1834–92) at all, refer to the renowned chemist only as a friend, without acknowledging his influence on their studies of the natural sciences. It is time to restore this neglected figure to his rightful place in the Marxian—and Engelsian—tradition.

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Published

2017-03-04

Issue

Vol. 68, No. 10: March 2017

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