The Manifesto of the Communist Party, informally the Communist Manifesto, was authored in 1847 by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels at the request of the Communist League. As established by latter writings of Engels, Marx provided the dominant philosophy and performed the bulk of the writing. The document so produced summarized the philosophical platform of the Communist party and was originally published in German in 1848.
The document is divided into four major parts; the third major part is further subdivided into smaller units. The first authorized printing featured a brief preface entitled 1848; subsequent authorized printings carried this tradition forward and featured preface text by one or both of the original authors. The document was intended to be brief but authoritative and, it was hoped, would circulate amongst many nationalities and languages. The success of.....
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