a modern edition Marx, Karl 1818-1883 creator Engels, Friedrich Hobsbawm, E. J 1820-1895 text 2012 1st ed. monographic eng

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87 p. 20 cm. 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 of financial crisis and global recession in the twenty-first century, capitalism is once again up for discussion. The status quo can no longer be taken for granted. As Eric Hobsbawm argues in his acute and elegant introduction to this modern edition, in such times The Communist Manifesto emerges as a work of great prescience and power despite being written over a century and a half ago. He highlights Marx and Engels's enduring insights into the capitalist system: its devastating impact on all aspects of human existence; its susceptibility to enormous convulsions and crises; and its fundamental weakness -- Contents : Introduction Eric Hobsbawm 1 -- Manifesto of the Communist Party Karl Marx and Frederick Engels 31 -- Preface of the English Edition of 1888 Frederick Engels 79 -- specialized Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. Includes index Communism Political Science HX39.5 A5213 2012 9781844678761 pucpr 140916 20260303162606.0 eng