The Communist Manifesto & Other Selected Writings - Paperback

by Karl Marx (Author), Friedrich Engels (Author)

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Published in 1848, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engel's pamphlet The Communist Manifesto is a landmark text in socialist and Marxist history - a rallying cry for the revolutionary overthrow of capitalist society by the working classes.

Author Biography

Karl Marx, a German philosopher, economist and political theorist, was born in Trier, Germany in 1818. His works, including The Communist Manifesto (co-authored with Friedrich Engels) and Das Kapital, laid the foundations for the modern communist movement.

Born in Barmen, Germany in 1820, Friedrich Engels was a philosopher, economist and political theorist who is known for his influence on socialist philosophy. After meeting Marx in 1844, Engels co-authored a number of groundbreaking works, including The Communist Manifesto.