The Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels

Penguin, Aug 1, 2002 - Political Science - 287 pages

The Communist Manifesto (1848), Marx and Engels s revolutionary summons to the working classes, is one of the most important and influential political theories ever formulated. After four years of collaboration the authors produced this incisive account of their idea of Communism, in which they envisage a society without classes, private property or a state. They argue that increasing exploitation of industrial workers will eventually lead to a revolution in which Capitalism is overthrown. This vision provided the theoretical basis of political systems in Russia, China, Cuba and Eastern Europe, affecting the lives of millions. The Communist Manifesto still remains a landmark text: a work that continues to influence and provoke debate on capitalism and class.

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User Review  - Mesmoiron - Goodreads

Exploring this work in order to better understand capitalism; he is by no means dead. An interesting journey in economics; uncovering the invisible about human nature and its transactions. Easily ...

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User Review  - Bill - Goodreads

Read in university as part of a course. Interesting but what is more interesting is how this has panned out since the 20th century. Funny how Capitalist many Communist countries really are. They seem ...

Contents

• I: 3
• II: 14
• III: 27
• IV: 39
• V: 50
• VI: 70
• VII: 74
• VIII: 82
• IX: 90
• X: 99
• XI: 120
• XII: 140
• XIII: 145
• XV: 148
• XVI: 162
• XVII: 177
• XVIII: 185
• XIX: 191
• XX: 193
• XXI: 195
• XXII: 197
• XXIII: 199
• XXIV: 205
• XXV: 212
• XXVI: 215
• XXVII: 218
• XXVIII: 219
• XXIX: 234
• XXX: 245
• XXXI: 247
• XXXII: 248
• XXXIII: 257
• XXXIV: 259
• XXXV: 277

About the author

Born in Westphalia in 1820, Friedrich Engels was the son of a textile manufacturer. After military training in Berlin and already a convert to communism, Engels went to Manchester in 1842 to represent the family firm. A relationship with a mill-hand, Mary Bums, and friendship with local Owenites and Chartists helped to inspire his famous early work, The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844. Collaboration with Marx began in 1844 and in 1847 he composed the first drafts of the Manifesto. After playing an active part in the German revolutions, Engels returned to work in Manchester until 1870, when he moved to London. He not only helped Marx financially, but reinforced their shared position through his own expositions of the new theory. After Marx's death, he prepared the unfinished volumes of Capital for publication. He died in London in 1895.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Communist Manifesto; Classics Series; Penguin classics deluxe edition; Penguin classics
• Authors: Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels
• Editor: Gareth Stedman Jones
• Contributor: Gareth Stedman Jones
• Edition: illustrated, reprint, revised
• Publisher: Penguin, 2002
• ISBN: 0140447571, 9780140447576
• Length: 287 pages
• Subjects: Philosophy / Political; Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism