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This Norton Critical Edition offers a complete historical and philosophical introduction to Marx's Manifesto of the Communist Party. It will assist students making their first approach to Marx's thought as well as those ready to study the Manifesto in more depth. For beginning students, this edition provides a carefully annotated text of the Manifesto and two introductory sections by Frederic Bender, a "Chronology of Events Leading to the Communist Manifesto" and "Historical and Theoretical Backgrounds of the Communist Manifesto." More experienced students will benefit from selections on the sources of Marx's thought, the significance of the Manifesto in the history of Marxism, and recent interpretations of the work.

Born in Westphalia in 1820, Friedrich Engels was the son of a textile manufacturer. After military training in Berlin and already a convert to communism, Engels went to Manchester in 1842 to represent the family firm. A relationship with a mill-hand, Mary Bums, and friendship with local Owenites and Chartists helped to inspire his famous early work, The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844. Collaboration with Marx began in 1844 and in 1847 he composed the first drafts of the Manifesto. After playing an active part in the German revolutions, Engels returned to work in Manchester until 1870, when he moved to London. He not only helped Marx financially, but reinforced their shared position through his own expositions of the new theory. After Marx’s death, he prepared the unfinished volumes of Capital for publication. He died in London in 1895.

Introduction

7

(41)

A J P Taylor

Bibliography

48

(5)

Preface to the German Edition of 1872

53

(2)

Preface to the Russian Edition of 1882

55

(2)

Preface to the German Edition of 1883

57

(2)

Preface to the English Edition of 1888

59

(6)

Preface to the German Edition of 1890

65

(7)

Preface to the Polish Edition of 1892

72

(2)

Preface to the Italian Edition of 1893

74

(5)

MANIFESTO OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY

Bourgeois and Proletarians

79

(16)

Proletarians and Communists

95

(11)

Socialist and Communist Literature

106

(13)

Reactionary Socialism

106

(7)

Feudal Socialism

106

(2)

Petty-Bourgeois Socialism

108

(1)

German, or `True', Socialism

109

(4)

Conservative. or Bourgeois, Socialism

113

(1)

Critical-Utopian Socialism and Communism

114

(5)

Position of the Communists in Relation to the Various Existing Opposition Parties

119

(4)

Notes

123

A J P Taylor

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The Communist Manifesto

The Communist Manifesto

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