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

by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

Edited by Samuel H. Beer, with key selections from Capital and The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, this volume features an especially helpful introduction that serves as a guide to Marxist political and economic theory and to placing the specific writings in their contemporary setting. Included are a bibliography and list of important dates in the life of Karl Marx.

• ISBN10: 1680922106
• ISBN13: 9781680922103
• Publish Date: 1 January 1848
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: 12th Media Services
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 24
• 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.