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This Norton Critical Edition offers a complete historical and philosophical introduction to Marx's Manifesto of the Communist Party.

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' landmark text that continues to influence and provoke debate on capitalism and class, now in a stunning clothbound edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith.

The Communist Manifesto, originally the Manifesto of the Communist Party (German: Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei), is an 1848 political document by German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Commissioned by the Communist League and originally published in London... Read Full Overview

DISCOVER THE WORK THAT LAUNCHED REVOLUTIONS AROUND THE WORLD

Although it was published in 1848, The Communist Manifesto is as controversial and provocative as ever. Its stirring and poetic language helped spread Marx and Engels' socialist message far and... Read Full Overview

A combination of the complete work and key foundational documents, Communist Manifesto explores the the evolution of and influences on Marxist theory over time, touching on how the content should be read now that the Cold War is over to help you connect to the material.

Marx and Engel's landmark treatise - in a graphic deluxe edition One of the most important and influential political theories ever formulated, The Communist Manifesto is a revolutionary summons to the working class-an incisive account of a new theory of communism that would be... Read Full Overview

The Communist Manifesto , originally the Manifesto of the Communist Party. Authorized English Translation 1888 Edited and Annotated by Frederick Engels. The Political Philosophy of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. In this document, the rallying cry of "The Communist Manifesto":... Read Full Overview

In the two decades following the fall of the Berlin Wall, global capitalism became entrenched in its modern, neoliberal form. Its triumph was so complete that the word "capitalism" itself fell out of use in the absence of credible political alternatives. But with the outbreak... Read Full Overview

A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today

"Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa - das Gespenst des Kommunismus." So beginnt das Kommunistische Manifest. Als Karl Marx und Friedrich Engels Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts an dieser kurzen, doch bahnbrechenden Schrift arbeiten, geht es ihnen nicht um einen willkrlichen Umsturz der... Read Full Overview

"What is globalization? Here is one of the best answers. It is the 'constant revolutionizing of production' and the 'endless disturbance of all social conditions.' It is 'everlasting uncertainty.' Everything 'fixed and frozen' is 'swept away, ' and 'all that is solid melts... Read Full Overview

The definitive introduction to history's most influential and controversial political document, updated for a new generation of readers.
Since it was first written in 1848, The Communist Manifesto has been translated into more languages than any other modern... Read Full Overview

The Communist Manifesto (officially Manifesto of the Communist Party) is an 1848 political manifesto by German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that laid out the programme of the Communist League. Originally published in German (as Manifest der kommunistischen Partei)... Read Full Overview

Simultaneously extolled in its day as truth incarnate and the inspiration for a life-and-death struggle for humankind's liberation and condemned as the vilest of propaganda on behalf of despotism, the Communist Manifesto continues to be the most potent literary symbol of the... Read Full Overview

The Communist Manifesto was first published on February 21, and it is one of the world's most influential political tracts. Commissioned by the Communist League and written by communist theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, it laid out the League's purposes and program. The... Read Full Overview

A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today 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... Read Full Overview