{"product_id":"the-economic-and-philosophic-manuscripts-of-1844-and-the-communist-manifesto-paperback","title":"The Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 and the Communist Manifesto - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKarl Marx\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommunism as a political movement attained global importance after the Bolsheviks toppled the Russian Czar in 1917. After that time the works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, especially the influential Communist Manifesto (1848), enjoyed an international audience. The world was to learn a new political vocabulary peppered with \"socialism,\" \"capitalism,\" \"the working class,\" \"the bourgeoisie,\" \"labor theory of value,\" \"alienation,\" \"economic determinism,\" \"dialectical materialism,\" and \"historical materialism.\" Marx's economic analysis of history has been a powerful legacy, the effects of which continue to be felt world-wide.Serving as the foundation for Marx's indictment of capitalism is his extraordinary work titled Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts, written in 1844 but published nearly a century later. Here Marx offers his theory of human nature and an analysis of emerging capitalism's degenerative impact on man's sense of self and his creative potential. What is man's true nature? How did capitalism gain such a foothold on Western society? What is alienation and how does it threaten to undermine the proletariat?These and other vital questions are addressed as the youthful Marx sets forth his first detailed assessment of the human condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKARL MARX\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Trier, Prussia, on May 5, 1818, to an intellectual Jewish family. At seventeen he enrolled at the University of Bonn and a year later transferred to the University of Berlin where he became interested in the philosophy of G. W. F. Hegel. In 1841, Marx obtained his doctorate in philosophy, having presented a thesis on post-Aristotelian Greek philosophy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As a young graduate deeply involved in the radical Hegelian movement, Marx found it difficult to secure a teaching post in the autocratic environment of Prussian society. In 1842 he became editor of the Cologne newspaper \u003ci\u003eRheinische Zeitung, \u003c\/i\u003ebut his probing eco-nomic critiques prompted the government to close the publication, whereupon Marx left for France. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While in Paris, Marx quickly became involved with emigre Ger-man workers and French socialists, and soon he was persuaded to the communist point of view. His first expression of these views oc-curred in the \u003ci\u003eEconomic and Philosophic Manuscripts \u003c\/i\u003eof 1844, which remained unpublished until 1930. It was during this brief initial stay in France that Marx became associated with Friedrich Engels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For his radical political activities, Marx was expelled from Paris toward the end of 1844. He moved, with Engels, to Brussels, where he was to remain for the next three years, except for occasional short trips to England. Here Marx wrote the manuscript for \u003ci\u003eThe German Ideology \u003c\/i\u003eand the polemic \u003ci\u003eThe Poverty of Philosophy \u003c\/i\u003eagainst idealistic socialism. Marx later joined the Communist League, a German workers group, for which he and Engels were to become the primary spokespersons. In 1847 Marx and Engels were asked to write a mani-festo for the league conference in London. This resulted in the creation of the \u003ci\u003eCommunist Manifesto, \u003c\/i\u003eone of the most influential popular political documents ever written. Its publication coincided with a wave of revolutions in Europe in 1848. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarx returned to Paris in 1848 but soon after left for Germany, where in Cologne he founded the \u003ci\u003eNeue Rheinische Zeitung, \u003c\/i\u003ea radical newspaper that attacked Prussian rule. As revolutionary fervor waned, the government suppressed his paper and Marx fled to England in 1849. For the next thirty-four years Marx remained in England ab-sorbed in his work. During this period he composed \u003ci\u003eThe Class Struggles in France \u003c\/i\u003e(1848), \u003ci\u003eThe Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte \u003c\/i\u003e(1948), \u003ci\u003eGrundrisse \u003c\/i\u003e(1858), \u003ci\u003eTheories of Surplus Value \u003c\/i\u003e(1860), \u003ci\u003eDas Kapital \u003c\/i\u003e(Vol. 1, 1867), and \u003ci\u003eThe Civil War in France \u003c\/i\u003e(1871). Karl Marx died in London on March 13, 1883. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFRIEDRICH ENGELS\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Barmen, Prussia, on November 28, 1820. His father was a very wealthy textile manufacturer who owned cotton mills in both Germany and England. Engels met Karl Marx in Paris in 1844 and soon discovered that they shared similar socialist views. During Marx's lifetime, the two collaborated on a great many projects. After Marx's death, Engels completed the last two volumes of \u003ci\u003eDas Kapital \u003c\/i\u003eand continued to defend Marxist views.\u003cbr\u003e In addition to Engels's coauthorship of the \u003ci\u003eCommunist Manifesto, \u003c\/i\u003ehe produced a substantial amount of independent work: \u003ci\u003eConditions of the Working Class in England \u003c\/i\u003e(1845), \u003ci\u003eAnti-Duehring \u003c\/i\u003e(1878), and \u003ci\u003eThe Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State \u003c\/i\u003e(1884). Friedrich Engels died in London on August 5, 1895.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.36 x 5.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 1988\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53756887269709,"sku":"9780879754464","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/TDZpVzdlNVdMSHpOSlFrUlYyd0ZmUT09.webp?v=1776754726","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/the-economic-and-philosophic-manuscripts-of-1844-and-the-communist-manifesto-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}