Marx and Engels' 'Communist Manifesto' :
Lamb, Peter.
Marx and Engels' 'Communist Manifesto' : A Reader's Guide. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (193 pages) - Reader's Guides. . - Reader's Guides. .
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Imprint -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on Sources -- Introduction -- Chapter One Context -- The publication of the Manifesto -- The authors -- Marx and Engels as collaborators -- Chapter two Overview of themes -- The materialist conception of history -- The epoch of the bourgeoisie -- Class struggle and the proletarian revolution -- Variants of socialism and communism -- After the revolution -- Chapter THREE Reading the text -- The preamble -- 'Bourgeois and proletarians' -- 'Proletarians and communists' -- 'Socialist and communist literature' -- 'Position of the communists in relation to the various existing opposition parties' -- Prefaces to various language editions -- Chapter FOUR Reception and influence -- Europe in the nineteenth century -- The Bolsheviks and communism in the twentieth century -- The west in the twentieth century -- The twenty-first century -- Chapter FIVE Further reading -- The Communist Manifesto -- Selected works and collected works -- Some other books by Marx and Engels -- Biographies -- Basic introductions to Marx and Engels -- Other useful books on Marx and Engels -- Marxism -- Anti-capitalism -- Notes -- Index.
Introducing the most famous work of the nineteenth-century radical thinkers Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, this comprehensive reader's guide to the Communist Manifesto explores the key themes, ideas and issues of the revolutionary pamphlet. Beginning with a discussion of the intellectual, political and social context of the Manifesto, the Reader's Guide illustrates the themes by clearly relating points in the work to ideas and theories made in other texts written by Marx and Engels. This is followed by a closer examination and analysis of the text that covers the introductory statement and each of the chapters in detail and discusses its style, structure and intended audiences. This guide also explores the ways in which the Manifesto was received both during the lives of Marx and Engels and in the twentieth century, for example the Soviet Union's version of Marxism, China's re-interpretations of the ideas, and the innovative political philosophy found in Western analytical Marxism. As well as presenting relevant biographical points about Marx and Engels and giving concise information on prominent people mentioned in the text, this valuable study resource features discussion questions and annotated guides to further reading. For students studying political philosophy and political theories, Marx and Engels' Communist Manifesto: A Reader's Guide provides a better understanding of the ideas, theories and contexts discussed in the most famous work of the writers who founded the ideology of Marxism.
Available electronically via the Internet.
9781472508096
Communism.
Engels, Friedrich, -- 1820-1895.
Marx, Karl, -- 1818-1883. -- Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei.
Electronic books.
335.401
Marx and Engels' 'Communist Manifesto' : A Reader's Guide. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (193 pages) - Reader's Guides. . - Reader's Guides. .
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Imprint -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on Sources -- Introduction -- Chapter One Context -- The publication of the Manifesto -- The authors -- Marx and Engels as collaborators -- Chapter two Overview of themes -- The materialist conception of history -- The epoch of the bourgeoisie -- Class struggle and the proletarian revolution -- Variants of socialism and communism -- After the revolution -- Chapter THREE Reading the text -- The preamble -- 'Bourgeois and proletarians' -- 'Proletarians and communists' -- 'Socialist and communist literature' -- 'Position of the communists in relation to the various existing opposition parties' -- Prefaces to various language editions -- Chapter FOUR Reception and influence -- Europe in the nineteenth century -- The Bolsheviks and communism in the twentieth century -- The west in the twentieth century -- The twenty-first century -- Chapter FIVE Further reading -- The Communist Manifesto -- Selected works and collected works -- Some other books by Marx and Engels -- Biographies -- Basic introductions to Marx and Engels -- Other useful books on Marx and Engels -- Marxism -- Anti-capitalism -- Notes -- Index.
Introducing the most famous work of the nineteenth-century radical thinkers Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, this comprehensive reader's guide to the Communist Manifesto explores the key themes, ideas and issues of the revolutionary pamphlet. Beginning with a discussion of the intellectual, political and social context of the Manifesto, the Reader's Guide illustrates the themes by clearly relating points in the work to ideas and theories made in other texts written by Marx and Engels. This is followed by a closer examination and analysis of the text that covers the introductory statement and each of the chapters in detail and discusses its style, structure and intended audiences. This guide also explores the ways in which the Manifesto was received both during the lives of Marx and Engels and in the twentieth century, for example the Soviet Union's version of Marxism, China's re-interpretations of the ideas, and the innovative political philosophy found in Western analytical Marxism. As well as presenting relevant biographical points about Marx and Engels and giving concise information on prominent people mentioned in the text, this valuable study resource features discussion questions and annotated guides to further reading. For students studying political philosophy and political theories, Marx and Engels' Communist Manifesto: A Reader's Guide provides a better understanding of the ideas, theories and contexts discussed in the most famous work of the writers who founded the ideology of Marxism.
Available electronically via the Internet.
9781472508096
Communism.
Engels, Friedrich, -- 1820-1895.
Marx, Karl, -- 1818-1883. -- Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei.
Electronic books.
335.401