The Communist Manifesto
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Brought to you by Penguin.
This Penguin Classic is performed by Arinzé Kene, writer and performer of Olivier Award nominated Misty, and also known for his roles in Youngers, Informer and Eastenders. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Gareth Stedman Jones.
The Communist Manifesto (1848), Marx and Engels's revolutionary summons to the working classes, is one of the most important and influential political theories ever formulated. After four years of collaboration the authors produced this incisive account of their idea of Communism, in which they envisage a society without classes, private property or a state. They argue that increasing exploitation of industrial workers will eventually lead to a revolution in which Capitalism is overthrown. This vision provided the theoretical basis of political systems in Russia, China, Cuba and Eastern Europe, affecting the lives of millions. The Communist Manifesto still remains a landmark text: a work that continues to influence and provoke debate on capitalism and class.
(c) 1888, Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels (P) 2019 Penguin Audio
Customer Reviews
Good, but Penguin is Misleading
The actual manifesto consists of the last hour or so of the recording. The majority of the book is academic pontificating on the place of the manifesto in history. While certainly interesting in its own right, and the narrator is excellent, I find it to be disingenuous. At the price point provided, only purchase if this is explicitly the version you want.