Table of Content
Foreword Preface Introduction: Historical Contexts of the Communist Manifesto The Immediate Historical Contexts of the Manifesto Historical Premises of the Manifesto Specters of Politics and Ideology From the Manifesto to Capital: The Lessons of History and the Laws of History PART I. THE DOCUMENT Note on the Text Manifesto of the Communist Party PART II. RELATED DOCUMENTS 1. A Credo for the Communist League Frederick Engels, Draft of a Communist Confession of Faith, June 9, 1847 2. From Confession to Manifesto Frederick Engels, from A Letter to Karl Marx, November 23/24, 1847 3. Lessons from England: The Nature and Impact of the Industrial Revolution Frederick Engels, from The Condition of the Working Class in England, 1845 4. Utopian Socialism and the Principle of Cooperation Robert Owen, from Report to the County of Lanark, 1820 5. Utopian Socialism and the Science of Attraction Charles Fourier, from The Theory of the Four Movements and of the General Destinies, 1808 6. Utopian Socialism and the Labor Process: Fourier on Attractive Labor Charles Fourier, from The Theory of Universal Unity, 1841-1843 7. Utopian Socialism and the Labor as the Core of Social Exchange Robert Owen, from Report to the County of Lanark, 1820 8. The People''s Charter The Six Points of the People''s Charter, 1838 9. Chartist "Socialism" James Bronterre O''Brien, Private Property, 1841 10. Hegel on Freedom G. W. F. Hegel, from Reason in History: A General Introduction to the Philosophy of History, 1837 11. Marx and the Momentum of Emancipation Karl Marx, from Contribution to the Critique of Hegel''s Philosophy of Law, 1844 12. The Critique of Political Emancipation Karl Marx, from On the Jewish Question, 1843 13. The Principle of Sensuous Existence Ludwig Feuerbach, from Principles of the Philosophy of the Future, 1843 14. Alienated Labor Karl Marx, from The Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844, 1844 15. Constructing a Historial Materialism Karl Marx, Theses on Feuerbach, 1845 16. The Premises of a Marxian Theory of History Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, from The German Ideology, 1845-1846 17. Marx and the Lessons of Revolution I Karl Marx, from The Class Struggles in France, 1848-1850, 1852 18. Marx and Lessons of the Revolution II Karl Marx, from The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, 1852 19. The Impact of Revolutionary Failure: The Collapse of Working-Class Politics Karl Marx, from Inaugural Address of the Working Men''s International Association, October 1864 20. The Return to Hegel Karl Marx, Afterword to the Second German Edition of Capitol, 1873 21. The Hidden Reality of Bourgeois Society Karl Marx, The Fetishism of Commodities and the Secret Thereof, 1867 22. Engels on Marx''s Legacy Frederick Engels, Speech at Karl Marx''s Funeral, March 1883 APPENDICES Chronology for the Historical Contexts of the Manifesto (1765-1895) Questions for Consideration Selected Bibliography Index