The Communist Manifesto (Get Political) (Dystopian Classics) (Penguin Books: Great Ideas)

by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

'The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.'

Marx and Engels's revolutionary summons to the working classes - one of the most important and influential political theories ever formulated.

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Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820-1895). Marx's works available in Penguin Classics are Capital, Dispatches for the New York Tribune, Early Writings, Grundrisse, The Portable Karl Marx and Revolution and War.

• ISBN10: 0141397985
• ISBN13: 9780141397986
• Publish Date: 26 February 2015 (first published 1 January 1848)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Imprint: Penguin Classics
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 64
• Language: English

Reviews

[celinenyx]

As a persuasive text, I think The Communist Manifesto is quite successful. The occasional imagery is quite lovely, and I can see how this essay inspired dozens of people to take action. From a historical/theoretical point of view, however, its foundation is rather flimsy.

And then there is the sad fact that the communist revolution Marx and Engels predicted never truly came to be.

Oh well.