Sociology - Report on the communist manifesto
Historical Context of the Manifesto of the Communist Party Appearance
The Communist Manifesto was originally titled The Manifesto of the Communist Party (Das Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei) and was written by Karl Marx and was edited by Frederick Engels. It was published for the first time in 1848 and became a topic for different debates from those times. The Communist Manifesto was republished for many times even during the life of its authors, however it never been amended. In the preface to the German edition in 1872, Engels said that The Communist Manifesto is a historical document and we have no right to change it. We should to mention that this major policy document provides a holistic and systematic exposition of the basic principles of Marxism, the main core of which is the doctrine of not only a world, but also a historic role of the proletariat as a class that considered to be the founder of communist society, moreover the doctrine of the proletariat to the ruling class, is the doctrine of the dictatorship of the proletariat. The Manifesto describes the main purposes of the communist party for ending of unfair exploitation of the working class full of suffering and creating a new society with equal rights and freedoms for all people, without social classes and social division.
Taking into account historical context of those times we see that it was a spirited act to write The Manifesto, because in this document, Marx and Engels had abandoned in the face of all the forces of the old world proud words: “It is high time that Communists should openly, in the face of the whole world, publish their views, their aims, their tendencies, and meet this nursery tale of the Spectre of Communism with a manifesto of the party itself.” (Spalding, 2000) These words show us that Marx and Engels considered unnecessary to conceal their views and intentions. Both authors openly proclaimed that their goals can be achieved only by the forcible overthrow and even
The Communist Manifesto was originally titled The Manifesto of the Communist Party (Das Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei) and was written by Karl Marx and was edited by Frederick Engels. It was published for the first time in 1848 and became a topic for different debates from those times. The Communist Manifesto was republished for many times even during the life of its authors, however it never been amended. In the preface to the German edition in 1872, Engels said that The Communist Manifesto is a historical document and we have no right to change it. We should to mention that this major policy document provides a holistic and systematic exposition of the basic principles of Marxism, the main core of which is the doctrine of not only a world, but also a historic role of the proletariat as a class that considered to be the founder of communist society, moreover the doctrine of the proletariat to the ruling class, is the doctrine of the dictatorship of the proletariat. The Manifesto describes the main purposes of the communist party for ending of unfair exploitation of the working class full of suffering and creating a new society with equal rights and freedoms for all people, without social classes and social division.
Taking into account historical context of those times we see that it was a spirited act to write The Manifesto, because in this document, Marx and Engels had abandoned in the face of all the forces of the old world proud words: “It is high time that Communists should openly, in the face of the whole world, publish their views, their aims, their tendencies, and meet this nursery tale of the Spectre of Communism with a manifesto of the party itself.” (Spalding, 2000) These words show us that Marx and Engels considered unnecessary to conceal their views and intentions. Both authors openly proclaimed that their goals can be achieved only by the forcible overthrow and even
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