EAN: 9780141395906

A PENGUIN CLASSICS HARDCOVER THE COMMUNIST MA...

A new series of beautiful hardcover nonfiction classics  with covers designed by Coralie
Bickford-Smith  World-changing ideas meet eye-catching design: the best titles of the
extraordinarily successful Great Ideas series are now packaged in Coralie Bickford-Smith's
distinctive  award-winning covers. Whether on a well-curated shelf or in your back pocket 
these timeless works of philosophical  political  and psychological thought are absolute
must-haves for book collectors as well as design enthusiasts.  The Communist Manifesto  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 declaration 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.  For more than
sixty-five years  Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the
English-speaking world. With more than 1 500 titles  Penguin Classics represents a global
bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust
the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished
scholars and contemporary authors  as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning
translators.

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