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"the greatest charter of our movement." --Rosa Luxemburg "an integral and systematic exposition of [Marx's] doctrine ... the best to this day." Lenin "laid the foundation for modern socialism." --Karl Kautsky
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Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, communist, and revolutionary, whose ideas played a significant role in the development of modern communism. Marx summarized his approach in the first line of chapter one of The Communist Manifesto, published in 1848: "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles." Marx argued that capitalism, like previous socioeconomic systems, would inevitably produce internal tensions which would lead to its destruction. Just as capitalism replaced feudalism, he believed socialism would, in its turn, replace capitalism, and lead to a stateless, classless society called pure communism. This would emerge after a transitional period called the "dictatorship of the proletariat": a period sometimes referred to as the "workers state" or "workers' democracy". In section one of The Communist Manifesto Marx describes feudalism, capitalism, and the role internal social contradictions play in the historical process: We see then: the means of production and of exchange, on whose foundation the bourgeoisie built itself up, were generated in feudal society. At a certain stage in the development of these means of production and of exchange, the conditions under which feudal society produced and exchanged...the feudal relations of property became no longer compatible with the already developed productive forces; they became so many fetters. They had to be burst asunder; they were burst asunder. Into their place stepped free competition, accompanied by a social and political constitution adapted in it, and the economic and political sway of the bourgeois class. A similar movement is going on before our own eyes.... The productive forces at the disposal of society no longer tend to further the development of the conditions of bourgeois property; on the contrary, they have become too powerful for these conditions, by which they are fettered, and so soon as they overcome these fetters, they bring order into the whole of bourgeois society, endanger the existence of bourgeois property.Marx argued for a systemic understanding of socio-economic change.
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5.0 out of 5 stars recommend version with introduction by Leon Trotsky
I recommend the edition of the Communist Manifesto with an introduction by Leon Trotsky, the Russian revolutionary leader and preeminent Marxist leader after Lenin’s death. Trotsky discusses which ideas in the Manifesto “retain their full force today and those which require important alteration or amplification.” In the process, he highlights the most important conclusions in the Manifesto, some of which are so concise in the Manifesto itself you might not realize you’ve just read something major.(To find the edition, go to Bolo.com/advanced-search/books and enter Author “Leon Trotsky” instead of Marx, and Title “Communist Manifesto”.)This edition has other advantages. It also includes:-- The preface to the 1872 German edition, which adds an important new conclusion to the Manifesto, based on the 1871 uprising in France. You might think this preface would be included in most editions, but it isn’t.-- All the footnotes that Marx and Engels wrote to the various editions published in their lifetimes.-- Excellent footnotes by the editors, explaining things that most people today aren't familiar with.-- A thorough index.-- Large readable type, probably better than what you see on your screen right now.None of this can be taken for granted – most editions lack most of this.* * *Check out the well-chosen excerpts on the back cover, an excellent summary. Click on the image below. (You may want to click Ctrl + a few times to enlarge it. To reset, Ctrl 0.)For further reading I recommend Labor, Nature, and the Evolution of Humanity by Marx, Engels and two leaders of the Socialist Workers Party, available at pathfinderpress.com. See my Bolo review.(I’m a supporter of the Socialist Workers Party, ‘The Militant’ weekly newspaper and Pathfinder Press.)
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for its price!
While the quality is not the greatest, for the cheap price there isn't much to ask. I needed the manifesto for a college class and this edition was perfect and got the job done.The front and back covers are made of glossy thick paper. The actual pages are rather thin having a degree of opacity but nothing that may be too obtrusive. Two staplers together hold everything.The contents of the book are just the Communist Manifesto and Engels' notes/annotations. For most people this will be enough. Many of the more expensive copies of the manifesto tend to include prefaces or annotations by other authors, while this is just the Communist Manifesto.
5.0 out of 5 stars Was looking for the 56 pg version of book!
I was looking for this book for a reread. It is what I remembered and is 56 pages long. A must read to understand politics and where many get their ideas about money and class.
5.0 out of 5 stars Arrived quickly
Good condition. Packaged well.
4.0 out of 5 stars Educational
Definitely believe this is a very important book for anyone who wants to learn more about Marxism or socialism. A very important book. Been spoonfed my whole life that communism is just always bad so I decided to read what it’s really about. If you’re someone who wants to learn more about politics this is definitely the good book. The only reason it’s four stars is because the book is very tiny and not in the way it is, of course a short book makes sense. The letters seem a bit too small even with glasses on but that’s just a personal issue for me. Definitely worth the read and made me want to discover more of Karl Marx’s books. A great beginner to learn more about political views outside the basic two party system we often see in America nowadays.
5.0 out of 5 stars I Will Never Forget the Mariel Boatlift Cubans Fleeing Communism
I was born in Miami and was there during the Mariel boatlift where masses of Cubans flooded Miami escaping Fidel Castro's communism. I learned the horrors of communism from Cuban families and I think it's very important that my adult children to read and learn the history of communism.
1.0 out of 5 stars The world and its influences baffle me
The Communist Manifesto supposedly made a big splash in the world, so I thought I should read it and educate myself to the perils of Marxism, and I found it to be one of the "bleep"ist pieces of literature I ever read! After reading it I threw it in the trash where it belongs. This is the second writing of the review "Communist Manifesto", because the forces of this world rejected the first one. Apparently the first review was insensitive to those who believe in his ideas.
5.0 out of 5 stars A Surprise World Classic Of Human Liberation
The media could not be loaded. The Communist Manifesto needs no introduction. Ironically, when Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels first authored it, they believed the text would disappear into extinction due to the dissolution of The Communist League and the Cologne Communist Trials. The text experienced a rebirth and popularity years in the future.In truth, The Communist Manifesto gives a very helpful clarification on the stages of evolution in the modes of production and appropriation across time from feudalism to capitalism, i.e., historical materialism, and points out the organic birth of the proletariat from the property relations of capitalism, a.k.a. the gravediggers of the bourgeoisie. Furthermore, the treatment enumerates the forms of socialism, e.g., reactionary, petty-bourgeois, true-idealist, utopian, etc.If you study The Communist Manifesto, recall that Karl and Friedrich authored this relatively early in their lives, less than 30 years old. It increases the excitement of the text to imagine the hysteria and anger of the secret police hunting through the streets trying to arrest communists as they convened in secrecy.I would urge anyone, whether communist or capitalist, to study The Communist Manifesto, even if only to see into the brain of a communist. You might relate to it more than you suspect.
Worst
Pure utopian thoughts based only on assumptions, no practicality in ideas and thoughts of the author, this communism fanatic ideology has led to massacre of at least 20 million humans
Poor quality paperback
not much content.
I got 100 on my report
i did a report on communism for my final in English and i only use this book and got a A+
共産主義という悪魔
戯言ならべて破壊と支配を正当化してるだけだと思いますがその内容を確認するために読みました
Too much
Wasted over an hour before deciding not to waste anymore of my time.
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