The literate communist
Subtitle: 150 years of the Communist manifesto
By: Donald Clark Hodges.
Series: Major concepts in politics and political theory ;; v. 16
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Peter
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
Subjects: Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.; Communism.; Socialism.; Historical materialism.; Marxist criticism.
Description: "Professor Hodges' thesis is that the Communist Manifesto is not what it claims to be - a forthright and faithful expression of what communists believed in 1848 - and that its subsequent adaptations periodically opened the door to and slammed the door shut on communism. Part I introduces students to the Manifesto's conspiratorial legacy stemming from the great French Revolution of 1789-1794 and to Marx and Engels' informal amendments to it. Part II examines the 150-year-old posthistory of the Manifesto and its interpretations that pull in opposite directions. The author concludes that the Janus-faced Manifesto played a key ideological role in not only the rise, but also the demise of the Soviet Union."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.