num_pages: 224
description: The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels is part of the Barnes &amp; Noble Classics series which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader including new scholarship thoughtful design and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes &amp; Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical biographical and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations parodies poems books plays paintings operas statuary and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices &amp; Glossaries when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes &amp; Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical historical and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.Largely ignored when it was first published in 1848 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engelss The Communist Manifesto has become one of the most widely read and discussed social and political testaments ever written. Its ideas and concepts have not only become part of the intellectual landscape of Western civilization: They form the basis for a movement that has for better or worse radically changed the world.Addressed to the common worker the Manifesto argues that history is a record of class struggle between the bourgeoisie or owners and the proletariat or workers. In order to succeed the bourgeoisie must constantly build larger cities promote new products and secure cheaper commodities while eliminating large numbers of workers in order to increase profits without increasing productiona scenario that is perhaps even more prevalent today than in 1848. Calling upon the workers of the world to unite the Manifesto announces a plan for overthrowing the bourgeoisie and empowering the proletariat.This volume also includes Marxs The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte (1852) one of the most brilliant works ever written on the philosophy of history and Theses on Feuerbach (1845) Marxs personal notes about new forms of social relations and education.Communist Manifesto translated by Samuel Moore revised and edited by Friedrich Engels.Martin Puchner is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University as well as the author of Stage Fright: Modernism Anti-Theatricality and Drama and Poetry of the Revolution: Marx Manifestos and the Avant-Gardes (forthcoming).
language: English
title: The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings
publisher: Barnes & Noble Classics