The Communist Manifesto

by Edited and with an Introduction by Jeffrey C. Isaac; with essays by Steven Lukes, Stephen Eric Bronner, Vladimir Tismaneanu, Saskia Sassen

• ISBN13: 9780300123029
• ISBN10: 0300123027
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2012-06-26
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

Marx and Engels's Communist Manifestohas become one of the world's most influential political tracts since its original 1848 publication. Part of the Rethinking the Western Tradition series, this edition of the Manifestofeatures an extensive introduction by Jeffrey C. Isaac, and essays by Vladimir Tismaneanu, Steven Lukes, Saskia Sassen, and Stephen Eric Bronner, each well known for their writing on questions central to the Manifestoand the history of Marxism. These essays address the Manifesto's historical background, its impact on the development of twentieth-century Communism, its strengths and weaknesses as a form of ethical critique, and its relevance in the post-1989, post-Cold War world. This edition also includes much ancillary material, including the many Prefaces published in the lifetimes of Marx and Engels, and Engels's "Principles of Communism."

Author Biography

Jeffrey Isaac is James H. Rudy Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy and Public Life at Indiana University, and Editor in Chief of the journal Perspectives on Politics. He lives in Bloomington, IN.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction: Rethinking the Communist Manifesto	p. 1
A Note on the Texts	p. 43
Preliminary Drafts of the Communist Manifesto Friedrich Engels, "Draft of a Communist Confession of Faith" (1847)	p. 47
Friedrich Engels, "Principles of Communism" (1847)	p. 52
The Text of the Communist Manifesto Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto	p. 73
Appendix: Prefaces to Various Language Editions	p. 103
Preface to the German Edition of 1872	p. 103
Preface to the Russian Edition of 1882	p. 104
Preface to the German Edition of 1883	p. 105
Preface to the English Edition of 1888	p. 106
Preface to the German Edition of 1890	p. 110
Preface to the Polish Edition of 1892	p. 113
Preface to the Italian Edition of 1893	p. 115
Essays
The Morals of the Manifesto, by Steven Lukes	p. 119
The Communist Manifesto: Between Past and Present, by Stephen Eric Bronner	p. 144
Reflections on the Fate of Marxism in Eastern Europe: Fulfillment or Bastardization?	p. 166
Marxism and Globalization: Revisiting the Political in the Communist Manifesto	p. 187
Index	p. 205
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