Abstract
Having as a departing point the immanent analysis of the work of Friedrich Engels, we will try to make explicit the determinations of the State on the author. When analyzing the so-called economic determination, we will show that, far from implying the disregard of the different instances of society, such determination implies the recognition of the specific difference between the different functions of each one of them at different moments in history. We will show that, in this path, it is essential to go through the correlation between State, Law, religion, autonomy of the State sphere so that, then, it is possible to understand the specificity of the state sphere in Engels' work.
Keywords:
Engels; Economic determination; Law; State; Specificity of State