by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420672717
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«Manifiesto Comunista» is the political philosophy essay by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, published by Alianza in paperback (128 pages, in Spanish).
Written on the eve of the 1848 revolutions, it laid the foundations of dialectical materialism. It holds that labour creates wealth and, from that premise, denounces capitalism as an exploitative system incompatible with freedom. It analyses class struggle as the driving force of history and defends the need for a communist society.
Includes a translation by Pedro Ribas, introduction, notes and glossary; part of El Libro de Bolsillo - Social Sciences (no. 3410).
Aimed at readers of political philosophy, social theory and the history of thought.
Karl Marx was a German philosopher, social and political theorist, and revolutionary socialist. He developed the theory of historical materialism, analysing societal structure and change, particularly class struggle under capitalism, and predicting the system's ultimate replacement by communism. Marx co-authored The Communist Manifesto (1848) with Friedrich Engels, and undertook a critique of classical political economy in his magnum opus, Das Kapital (1867–1894). His ideas and their later development, collectively known as Marxism, have had enormous influence on intellectual, political, and social history, and have inspired revolutionary movements in many countries.
