by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels · tapa dura · ISBN 9781640320185
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«The Communist Manifesto» is the political theory manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, published by Chump Change in hardback (24 pages, in English).
Written on the eve of the revolutions of 1848, it presents history as a succession of class struggles and criticises capitalism, which it considers a system of exploitation of labour. Marx and Engels advocate the organisation of the proletariat and the need for a revolution that transforms society.
Work originally published in German as «Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei» in February 1848. This edition corresponds to the «Chump Change Edition», published by Chump Change in April 2017.
For readers of philosophy, political theory, sociology and history interested in this foundational text of socialist 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.
