Helen Macfarlane A Feminist, Revolutionary

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.

David Black is a journalist, independent scholar

Acknowledgments

vii

Introduction

1

(5)

Interrogating History

6

(5)

The Making of Red Republicanism

11

(10)

Hegel's England

21

(10)

Fraternal Democrats

31

(10)

The Mystery of a Nom de Plume

41

(5)

Humbug Manufacturers and Rosewater Sentimentalists

46

(6)

Christianity and Socialism

52

(7)

Helen Macfarlane's Interpretation of Hegel

59

(15)

Antigone in 1848

74

(5)

Thomas Carlyle and the Red Republicans

79

(9)

The Translation of The Communist Manifesto

88

(11)

Theory and Organization

99

(14)

``A Rare Bird'': Marx's Encounter with Macfarlane

113

(8)

The End of Chartism

121

(9)

The Legacy of Hegelian Marxism

130

(5)

Appendix A: The Published Writings of Helen Macfarlane

135

(2)

Appendix B: The Communist Manifesto: Helen Macfarlane's 1850 Translation

137

(36)

Index

173

(6)

About the Author

179

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Helen Macfarlane A Feminist, Revolutionary Journalist, and Philosopher in Mid-Nineteenth-Century England

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