Engels, Beethoven...

Two hundred years after the the birth of Friedrich Engels Gilbert Achcar considers “Engels: theorist of war, theorist of revolution”. Angela Klein discusses the modernity of Beethoven as “Beethoven: The first rocker” two hundred and fifty years after his birth. Dave Kellaway comes up to date with considerations on Humankind – A Hopeful History in “ Socialism will never work, it’s human nature innit?”.