History of socialism French revolution, as well as from the German philosophy of GWF Hegel, and English political economy, particularly that of Adam Smith and David Ricardo. Marx and Engels developed a body of ideas which they called scientific socialism, more commonly called Marxism. Marxism comprised a theory of history (historical materialism) as well as a political, economic and philosophical theory. In the "Manifesto of the Communist Party", written in 1848 just days before the outbreak of the revolutions of 1848, Marx and Engels wrote, "The distinguishing feature of Communism is not the abolition of property generally, but the abolition of bourgeois property".
Politics: A Work In Constructive Social Theory be more in keeping with the context-smashing potential of the human imagination; "Social Theory: Its Situation and Its Task", is a "critical introduction" that delves into issues of social science underpinning Unger's project; and "Plasticity Into Power: Comparative-Historical Studies on the Institutional Conditions of Economic and Military Success", is a collection of three historical essays illuminating the theoretical points Unger advanced in the first two volumes. In 1997, an abridged, one-volume edition of "Politics" was issued as "Politics, The Central Texts", edited by Zhiyuan Cui. In "False Necessity", Unger presents both an explanatory theory of society and a program for