The Communist Manifesto: New Interpretations

Mark Cowling

Organised into four thematic sections covering issues of text and context, revolution, the working class and other social groups, and the relevance of the Manifesto today, this useful book introduces the Manifesto for students just coming to Marxism. Providing an historical background to the writing of the Manifesto, it highlights the main political and philosophical issues raised in the text, and opens upcurrent debates for which the Manifesto has relevance. Includes an all-new translation of the Manifesto itself.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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Notes on Contributors
pp vii-x
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Preface
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Acknowledgements
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Abbreviations
pp xiv-xiv
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Introduction
pp 1-13
- By Mark Cowling
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Manifesto of the Communist Party
pp 14-38
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Part 1 - Text and Context
pp 39-40
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1 - ‘The Hungry Forties’: The Socio-economic Context of the Communist Manifesto
pp 41-50
- By Michael Levin
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2 - Re-translating the Manifesto: New Histories, New Ideas
pp 51-62
- By Terrell Carver
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3 - Past Receptions of the Communist Manifesto
pp 63-74
- By Ian D. Thatcher
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Part 2 - The Manifesto and Revolution
pp 75-76
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4 - The Communist Manifesto and the Idea of Permanent Revolution
pp 77-85
- By John Hoffman
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5 - The Communist Manifesto, Marx’s Theory of History and the Russian Revolution
pp 86-96
- By Steve Paxton
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6 - The Cunning of Production and the Proletarian Revolution in the Communist Manifesto
pp 97-105
- By Alexander Chryssis
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7 - Revolution? Reaction? Revolutionary Reaction?
pp 106-116
- By Mark Neocleous
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Part 3 - The Role of the Working Class
pp 117-118
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8 - The Communist Manifesto and Working-class Parties in Western Europe
pp 119-131
- By Stuart Wilks-Heeg
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9 - The Communist Manifesto's Transgendered Proletarians
pp 132-141
- By Mike Gane
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10 - Marx and Engels, Marxism and the Nation
pp 142-154
- By Mark Cowling
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Part 4 - The Manifesto: Still Relevant Today?
pp 155-156
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11 - What is Living and What is Dead in the Communist Manifesto?
pp 157-165
- By Wal Suchting
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12 - A Capitalist State? Marx’s Ambiguous Legacy
pp 166-176
- By Paul Wetherly
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13 - The Communist Manifesto and the Crises of Marxism
pp 177-189
- By Jules Townshend
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14 - The Communist Manifesto as International Relations Theory
pp 190-201
- By Peter Burnham
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Guide to Further Study
pp 202-204
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Index
pp 205-209
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