The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx and Friedrick Engels (Maple Classics) by Karl Marx
Karl Marx . Unknown Year . English
“The Proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.” praised and criticises in equal measure, the Communist manifesto is one of Karl Marx’s seminal works, a pamphlet of collected thoughts on communism that he co-authored with Friedrich Engels in 1848. Based on the notion that Class struggles and the exploitation of one Class by another are the basis of all history, The Communist manifesto was the foundational text for the European socialist and Communist parties in the 19th and 20th centuries. Opening with the dramatic words, “a spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of communism”, the Communist manifesto declares that feudal establishments would ultimately be overthrown by the working classes.
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About the Author
Friedrich Engels (English /ˈɛŋɡəlz/ or /ˈɛŋəlz/; German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈɛŋəls]; 28 November 1820 – 5 August 1895) was a German philosopher, social scientist, journalist and businessman. He founded Marxist theory together with Karl Marx. In 1845 he published The Condition of the Working Class in England, based on personal observations and research in Manchester. In 1848 he co-authored The Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx, though he also authored and co-authored (primarily with Marx) many other works, and later he supported Marx financially to do research and write Das Kapital. After Marx's death, Engels edited the second and third volumes. Additionally, Engels organised Marx's notes on the "Theories of Surplus Value," which he later published as the "fourth volume" of Capital. He has also made contributions to family economics. Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
