The Communist manifesto : a road map to history's most important political document / Karl Marx and Frederick Engels ; edited by Phil Gasper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883, author.

Engels, Friedrich, 1820-1895, author.

Contributor:

Gasper, Philip, editor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Standardized Title:

Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883. Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei.

Marx, Karl.

Communism.

Socialism.

Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei (Marx, Karl).

Physical Description:

ix, 216 pages ; 19 cm

Edition:

Revised second edition.

Place of Publication:

Chicago: IL: Haymarket Books, 2024.

Language Note:

Translated from the German.

Summary:

Since it was first written in 1848, The Communist Manifesto has been translated into more languages than any other modern text. All across the world--in countless places and idioms--it has been debated, shared, brandished, invoked, banned, burned, and even declared "dead." But in an era of escalating political, economic, health, and environmental crises, Marx and Engels' fierce indictment of capitalism is more relevant than ever, and their Manifesto remains required reading from the classroom to the picket line. Scholar Phil Gasper draws on his decades of teaching and organizing experience to produce a beautifully organized edition of the Manifesto that brings the text to life. By fully annotating the Manifesto with clear historical references and explication, a glossary, and including additional related texts, Gasper provides an accessible and comprehensive reference edition suited to first-time readers and dedicated partisans alike. -- From back cover.

Contents:

Preface and acknowledgments

Introduction: history's most important political document

Marxism in a nutshell

The annotated Communist Manifesto: Preamble

Section I Bourgeois and Proletarians

Section II Proletarians and Communists

Section III Socialist and Communist literature

Section IV Position of the Communists in relation to the various existing opposition parties

Additional materials : Afterword: is the Manifesto still relevant?

Appendix A: Prefaces from later editions

The 1872 German edition

The 1882 Russian edition

The 1883 German edition

The 1888 English edition

Appendix B: Engels' The Principles of Communism

Appendix C: Other writings by Marx and Engels

Marx on alienation

Demands of the Communist Party in Germany, March 1848

The Materialist conception of history

History and revolution

Colonialism, racism, slavery, and the origins of Capitalism

On the Irish question

The Paris Commune

The transition to Communism

The realm of necessity and the realm of freedom

Women's oppression and women's liberation

The emergence of classes and the state

Marx's legacy

Study and discussion questions

A note of the translation

Further reading

Glossary

References

Index.

Notes:

Annotated edition. Compilation ©2005. This edition published 2024.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-211) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781642599787

1642599786

OCLC:

1426856059