The original title wasย Herr Eugen Dรผhringโs Revolution in Science, but it became popularly known asย Anti-Dรผhring. It was the first popular exposition of Marxist theory as a whole and the titles of the three parts โ philosophy, political economy, socialism โ are enough to indicate the broad scope of this famous work.
Originally published in parts in theย Leipzig Vorwรคrts, starting in 1877, and in book form in 1878,ย Anti-ย Dรผhringย set out to demolish the โsystem creatingโ claims of Dรผhring. Whilst Dรผhring himself is now a completely forgotten figure, this polemic has been a masterpiece of Marxist literature for more than 130 years and served to educate numerous generations in the fundamental ideas of scientific socialism.