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Additional authors

1. Fernbach, David

Description

1. 3 v.; 20 cm.

Summary

1. Volume 1: The Revolutions of 1848: Marx and Engels had already sketched out the principles of scientific communism by 1846. Yet it was from his intense involvement in the abortive German revolution of 1848 that Marx developed a profound practical understanding he would draw on throughout his later career. This volume includes his great call to arms -- The Communist Manifesto -- and also demonstrates Marxʹs unsuccessful attempt to spur the German bourgeoisie to decisive action against absolutism. His articles offer trenchant analyses of events in France, Poland, Prague, Berlin and Vienna, while speeches set out changing communist tactics ---- Volume 2: Surveys from Exile: In the 1850s and early 1860s Marx played an active part in politics, and his prolific journalism from London offered a constant commentary on all the main developments of the day. During this time Marx began to interpret the British political scene and express his considered views on Germany, Poland and Russia, the Crimean War and American Civil War, imperialism in India and China, and a host of other key issues. The Class Struggles in France develops the theories outlined in The Communist Manifesto into a rich and revealing analysis of contemporary events, while The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte contains equally stimulating reflections on Napoleon IIIʹs coup dʹetat of 1851 ---- Volume 3: The First International and After: The crucial texts of Marxʹs later years -- notably The Civil War in France and Critique of the Gotha Programme -- count among his most important work. These articles include a searching analysis of the tragic but inspiring failure of the Paris Commune, as well as essays on German unification, the Irish question, the Polish national movement and the possibility of revolution in Russia. The founding documents of the First international and polemical pieces attacking the disciples of Proudhon and Bakunin and the advocates of reformism, by contrast, reveal a tactical mastery that has influenced revolutionary movements ever since.

Alternative title

1. Marx's political writings

Subject

1. 1800-1899
2. Communist strategy
3. Europe > History > 1848-1849

Genre/Form

1. History

Contents

1. v. 1. The revolutions of 1848 -- v. 2. Surveys from exile -- v. 3. The First international and after.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

1. Translated from the German.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain