This edited volume discusses the life and scholarship of Friedrich Engels. Written to commemorate the two-hundred-year anniversary of Engels' birth, the contributions take a look into his research from a variety of viewpoints, trace the influence of his predecessors, and critically evaluate his place within 19th century scholarship. In addition, specific topics are taken up, such as his (mis)assessment of American capitalism, his influence on the Italian labor movement, the thematization of social problems and the relevance of his thought in a global economy. Providing a fresh look at the co-founder of scientific socialism, this volume will be of interest to researchers and students of contemporary political, social and economic systems, the history of economic thought, and political history.

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Friedrich Engels at 200 Revisiting his maiden paper "Outlines of a Critique of Political Economy" (1844).- Chapter 3: The Internal Contradiction of Land Rent and Young Engels' Critical Theory of Private Ownership.- Chapter 4: Engels, Werner Sombart, and the significance of Marx's economics.- Chapter 5: Friedrich Engels and positivism - an attempt at classification.- Chapter 6: Engels' Conceptions of Dialectics, Nature and Dialectics of Nature.- Chapter 7: Friedrich Engels and the revolution.- Chapter 8: Remarks on the embarrassed publishing history of Engels, Die Lage der arbeitenden Klasse in England.- Chapter 9: "Economic facts are stronger than politics": Friedrich Engels, American Industrialization, and Class Consciousness.- Chapter 10: Engels' strategic advice to the representatives of the Italian labour movement.- Chapter 11: Friedrich Engels and Electricity.- Chapter 12: Two sides of young Friedrich Engels: private letters and professional studies.