The Communist Manifesto (1848), Marx and Engels's revolutionary summons to the working classes, is one of the most important and influential political theories ever formulated. After four years of collaboration the authors produced this incisive account of their idea of Communism, in which they envisage a society without classes, private property or a state. They argue that increasing exploitation of industrial workers will eventually lead to a revolution in which Capitalism is overthrown. This vision provided the theoretical basis of political systems in Russia, China, Cuba and Eastern Europe, affecting the lives of millions. The Communist Manifesto still remains a landmark text: a work that continues to influence and provoke debate on capitalism and class.
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- ISBN
9780140447576
- Published
- June 27th 2002 by Penguin Books Ltd
- Category
- Marxism & Communism
- Number of pages
- 304
- County of origin
- UNITED KINGDOM
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129
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