The Literate Communist : 150 Years of the Communist Manifesto / Donald Clark Hodges.
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Major Concepts in Politics and Political Theory
ISBN-10
0820441872
ISBN-13
9780820441870
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 1st, 1999
Print length
217 Pages
Weight
310 grams
Dimensions
15.50 x 23.30 x 1.40 cms
Ksh 4,350.00
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The Literate Communist sheds new light on the modern world''s most consequential political tract. Professor Hodges'' thesis is that the Communist Manifesto is not what it claims to be - a forthright and faithful expression of what communists believed in 1848 - and that its subsequent adaptations periodically opened the door to and slammed the door shut on communism. Part I introduces students to the Manifesto''s conspiratorial legacy stemming from the great French Revolution of 1789-1794 and to Marx and Engels'' informal amendments to it. Part II examines the 150-year-old posthistory of the Manifesto and its interpretations that pull in opposite directions. The author concludes that the Janus-faced Manifesto played a key ideological role in not only the rise, but also the demise of the Soviet Union.
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