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  • ISBN13: 9780140447576
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Originally published on the eve of the 1848 European revolutions, The Communist Manifesto is a condensed and incisive account of the worldview Marx and Engels developed during their hectic intellectual and political collaboration. Formulating the principles of dialectical materialism, they believed this labor creates wealth, hence capitalism is exploitive and antithetical to liberty.

This new edition consists of an widespread introduction by Gareth Stedman Jones, Britain's leading expert on Marx and Marxism, getting a complete course for students of The Communist Manifesto, and demonstrating not only the historical importance of the topic, but in addition its situate in the world today.
"A spectre is haunting Europe," Karl Marx and Frederic Engels wrote in 1848, "the spectre of Communism." This new edition of The Communist Manifesto, commemorating the 150th anniversary of its publication, consists of an introduction by renowned historian Eric Hobsbawm which reminds us of the document's continued relevance. Marx and Engels's critique of capitalism and its deleterious result on all aspects of life, from the increasing rift between the classes to the destruction of the nuclear family, has proven amazingly prescient. Their spectre, manifested in the Manifesto's vivid prose, continues to haunt the capitalist world, lingering as a ghostly apparition even afterwards the collapse of those governments which claimed to be enacting its principles.

Customer Reviews
Customer rating is 5 of 5  Just the Manifesto   2010-03-13
By Sam A. Mead (CO)
Those of you looking for a little more substance and historical context needn't purchase this version. This little $5.95 book is more like the original pamphlet. This can easily be read in the spare time of a day, and the message seems to relate to the current plutocratic struggle in the United States.

The passion to provide strength and defense for the larger, lower classes in a dual economy is truly revolutionary. But, Marx doesn't have every solution; although, it's purported to be a single guide to solving evil capitalistic stratification.

Overall, it's a book for the ages and it's a poignant read.

As for the historical value: ***** (5 stars -- Well worth the read, even if you simply want to argue against communist policy.)

The publisher's book: ***** (5 stars -- I'm pretty sure they print a new copy for each individual. The date of printing on the back was my order date. Nice touch!)

Context and historical information: * (1 star -- There's none of that, but most people will be buying this for its base reading value. There are plenty of other books if you'd like to get some context.)

Price: ***** (5 stars -- At $5.95 and a seemingly fresh printing for each one, this is a great deal. It's bare bones, but that's okay.)
Customer rating is 2 of 5  Horribly dense read   2010-03-07
By David Corbit Kellam Jr. (Wilmington, NC USA)
The book itself is famous merely for its effect on history and for no other reason. It is poorly written and attempts to cram more information within a few pages than any book should.
Customer rating is 5 of 5  a must-read   2010-02-23
By krysbeau
The impact of this little pamphlet on history has been immense. Marx and Engels go back later and revise and elaborate on what they write here, but it is one of the most accessible things they ever wrote, and best of all, quite revolutionary. You can also read it by searching for the Marxists Internet Archive in the search engine of your choice.
Customer rating is 4 of 5  A broadside from Marx and Engels   2010-02-20
By Steven A. Peterson (Hershey, PA (Born in Kewanee, IL))
"A specter is haunting Europe--the specter of communism." Thus begins this work, authored by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. It is their literate effort to provide a rallying cry for the communist movement. The call? "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles." Thus, they lay out their perspective, based on class conflict. Given this view, it is not surprising that they close this rather brief work with the call: "WORKING MEN OF ALL COUNTRIES--UNITE." Why? "The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win."

In between is a consideration of the following issues--class conflict (bourgeoisie versus proletarians), proletarians and communists, a critique of socialist and communist literature, and a comparison (and contract) with other opposition parties.

In the process, the reader gets a thumbnail sketch of Marx' and Engels' political views (expanded in much greater depth in other works).

For a quick and dirty introduction to Marx' thought, this isn't a bad starting point, although written fairly early in his career (1848). . .
Customer rating is 5 of 5  Down with Bush/Palin Neo-conservatism   2010-02-14
By Daniel Galloway
I just read this right after Animal Farm by George Orwell. Both books are about communism and both are highly interesting. I believe Stalin twisted the true message of Marxist and Leninist communism and the experiment failed, but it had the right ideals. Orwell himself was a communist, or at least a democratic socialist, but he saw how Stalin twisted the ideology for his own paranoid and power-mad gain and how the working class were betrayed.

Where the Animal Farm book is an attack on Stalinist communism, Marx's Communist Manifesto can be interpretted as an attack on the excesses of capitalism and Nazi fascism, and by extension all other modern forms of totalitarian dictatorial ideology or rule, be they political or moralistic, mental or physical. For me, this includes any democratic conservatism that judges our lifestyle and tells me to be a certain way or else be considered as a second-class citizen. True communism is anti-materialistic and has no dictators and tells us we can be the way we want to be and free, leading to true equality among the classes because no one has more or less than anyone else.


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