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The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx

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Author Biography

Name: Karl Marx
Birth Date: May 5, 1818
Death Date: March 14, 1883
Place of Birth: Trier, Germany
Place of Death: London, England
Nationality: German
Gender: Male
Occupations: philosopher, leader

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Biography of Karl Marx
925 words, approx. 3.1 pages
The German philosopher, radical economist, and revolutionary leader Karl Marx founded modern scientific socialism. His basic ideas--known as Marxism--form the foundation of socialist and communist movements. Marx spent most of his life in exile, antagoni...
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Biography of Karl (Heinrich) Marx
3261 words, approx. 10.9 pages
Karl Marx's writings have significantly influenced the course of international politics and culture since the 1840s. Together with Friedrich Engels he defined the concepts of scientific socialism, thereby contributing to the wide range of social theories...
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Biography of Karl Marx
2715 words, approx. 9.1 pages
The German philosopher, radical economist, and revolutionary leader Karl Marx (1818-1883) founded modern "scientific" socialism. His basic ideas--known as Marxism--form the foundation of socialist and communist movements throughout the world. Karl Marx s...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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The Communist Manifesto Summary
4,615 words, approx. 15 pages
The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels Widely considered to be the nineteenth century’s most influential revolutionary thinker, Karl Marx (1818-83) laid the theoretical foundations of modern socialism and communism. Born in...
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Communist Manifesto Published Summary
2,497 words, approx. 8 pages
England 1848 In February 1848 one of the world's most influential documents was published. The Communist Manifesto, coauthored by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, was a statement of the key principles of the Communist League. The league had been...
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The Communist Manifesto Information
2,423 words, approx. 8 pages
<i>The Communist Manifesto</i><br/> <i>Das...


News and Journals
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AP News
Reality tempers idealism in `Salvage'
2/18/2007: 574 words, approx. 2 pages
The passions of their idealistic youth run up against reality and middle-age for the 19th century revolutionaries and intellectuals in "Salvage," the third chapter of "The Coast of Utopia," Tom Stoppard's masterful trilogy of man's quest for a new and better world.Rueful resignation isn't as...
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Nobody\'d5s Laughing At Al Gore\'d5s Truths
5/28/2006: 750 words, approx. 3 pages
Long before the release of An Inconvenient Truth, the new film about climate change starring Al Gore, the scientific consensus had ratified the warnings he has delivered over the past two decades. Leading business executives in the insurance, investment and even the energy industries have...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Harold J. Laski
16,408 words, approx. 55 pages
In the following excerpt, Laski provides brief character studies of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, and presents a section-by-section analysis of the Communist Manifesto. The critic acknowledges that the Manifesto is an immensely important document because it pulls from an enormous body of thought and writing to lay out a concise logical whole that goes beyond thought and philosophy to offer a revolutionary plan for the workers of the world.
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Critical Essay by Aijaz Ahmad
13,110 words, approx. 44 pages
In the following essay, Ahmad looks at the Communist Manifesto as both Marx's first mature work and a transitional text in the development of his philosophy. The critic also examines the Manifesto's conception of the bourgeoisie and the Marxist perspective on the laws of history.
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Critical Essay by Paul M. Sweezy and Leo Huberman
8,497 words, approx. 28 pages
In the following essay, originally published in 1949, Sweezy and Huberman provide an overview of the history of socialism and discuss the Communist Manifesto in terms of historical materialism, class struggle, the nature of capitalism, the inevitability of socialism, and the road to socialism.
 
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Summary of the "Communist Manifesto"
544 words, approx. 2 pages
A summary of the "Communist Manifesto" as written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.


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