![]() ![]() The sculptor from Wuppertal has designed a sculpture of the philosopher, sociologist, and revolutionary for his 200-year anniversary. "For me Engels is bipolar," says Eckehard Lowisch. Read more: Karl Marx's 'Das Kapital' still fascinates after 150 years Eckehard Lowisch and his sculpture of Friedrich Engels Image: privatĪ contradiction? Definitely a surprising turn, which fascinates many to this day. ![]() The industrialist's son, who studied and knew exactly how capitalism worked, would become - next to Karl Marx - its most famous critic. His father owned textile factories there and in Manchester, in England's industrial north. ![]() Armies of workers were rising up.Įngels' hometown of Barmen (now incorporated in the city of Wuppertal) was no exception. The industrial revolution was spreading out from England like a wildfire. Friedrich Engels was born on November 28, 1820, into a world on the cusp of change. ![]()
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