| Helen Macfarlane: A Feminist, Revolutionary Journalist, and Philosopher in Mid-Nineteenth-Century England Contributor(s): Black, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0739108646 ISBN-13: 9780739108642 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $54.44 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2004 Annotation: Helen Macfarlane, revolutionary social critic, feminist and Hegelian philosopher was the first English translator of Karl Marx and Fredrich Engel's theCommunist Manifesto. Her original translation is included in this edition. Marx publicly admired her as a rare and original thinker and journalist. This book recreates her intellectual and political world at a key turning point in European history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Philosophers - Biography & Autobiography | Political - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2004012770 |
| Series: Raya Dunayevskaya Series in Marxism and Humanism |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.08" W x 9" (0.67 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Germany - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Helen Macfarlane, a young British woman, was living in Vienna when she was radicalized by the 1848 Revolution. On returning to England in 1850, she became a journalist for the radical wing of the Chartist movement. The Chartists received support from such luminaries as Karl Marx and Fredrich Engles; the latter had written on the movement's political significance. It was Marx who described Macfarlane as the most original writer in the Chartist press. Macfarlane was the first English translator of The Communist Manifesto. Her original translation is included in this edition. She is also the first of the British to comment, critically and extensively, on the revolutionary implications of Hegel's philosophy. After having been hidden for a century her stature as a revolutionary, writer, and feminist emerges in David Black's seminal work. With diligent research into her life and work, Black, in Helen Macfarlane: A Feminist, Revolutionary Journalist, and Philosopher in Mid 19th Century England, recreates her intellectual and political world at a key turning point in European history. This work also includes Macfarlane's original translation of The Communist Manifesto. |
