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This Norton Critical Edition offers a complete historical and philosophical introduction to Marx's Manifesto of the Communist Party.

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' landmark text that continues to influence and provoke debate on capitalism and class, now in a stunning clothbound edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith.

The Communist Manifesto, originally the Manifesto of the Communist Party (German: Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei), is an 1848 political document by German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Commissioned by the Communist League and originally published in London... Read Full Overview

DISCOVER THE WORK THAT LAUNCHED REVOLUTIONS AROUND THE WORLD

Although it was published in 1848, The Communist Manifesto is as controversial and provocative as ever. Its stirring and poetic language helped spread Marx and Engels' socialist message far and... Read Full Overview

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels is a seminal work that explores the principles of communism and critiques capitalist society. Immerse yourself in this influential manifesto that has shaped political thought and ignited social movements worldwide... Read Full Overview

The Communist Manifesto, published in 1848, is the single document most responsible for launching the often-feared political philosophy of communism. It straight up tells you to revolt against the rich, and it tells you why you should.Here's the gist of the Manifesto, fast enough... Read Full Overview

In the two decades following the fall of the Berlin Wall, global capitalism became entrenched in its modern, neoliberal form. Its triumph was so complete that the word "capitalism" itself fell out of use in the absence of credible political alternatives. But with the outbreak... Read Full Overview

2020 Reprint of the 1888 Edition. Unabridged text of this quintessential call to arms. The Communist Manifesto summarizes Marx and Engels' theories concerning the nature of society and politics, namely that in their own words "...the history of all hitherto existing society... Read Full Overview

Simultaneously extolled in its day as truth incarnate and the inspiration for a life-and-death struggle for humankind's liberation and condemned as the vilest of propaganda on behalf of despotism, the Communist Manifesto continues to be the most potent literary symbol of the... Read Full Overview

A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today

The Communist Manifesto was first published on February 21, and it is one of the world's most influential political tracts. Commissioned by the Communist League and written by communist theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, it laid out the League's purposes and program. The... Read Full Overview

A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today Originally published on the eve of the 1848 European revolutions, The Communist Manifesto is a condensed and incisive account of the worldview Marx and Engels developed during their hectic intellectual and political collaboration... Read Full Overview

A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today Originally published on the eve of the 1848 European revolutions, The Communist Manifesto is a condensed and incisive account of the worldview Marx and Engels developed during their hectic intellectual and political collaboration... Read Full Overview

In 1848, two young men published what would become one of the defining documents of modern history. The Communist Manifesto , as it was called, rapidly realigned political faultlines all over the world, and its aftershock resonates to this day. In the 150 years since its publication,... Read Full Overview