Download or read book Marxism & Scientific Socialism written by Paul Thomas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-04-24 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a vivid intellectual history of Marxist and socialist thought, this book explores the development of the idea of scientific socialism through the nineteenth and twentieth century from its origins in Engels to its last manifestation in the work of Althusser.