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The communist manifesto, by karl marx and friedrich engels the founding document of the communist movement, more relevant today than when it was first written over 160 years ago, predicting such phenomena as globalisation. Much of marxs writing is somewhere between very difficult and impossible to understand. It furthers the universitys objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in oxford new york. His life was devoted to radical political activity, journalism and theoretical studies in history and political economy. C857 1997 80195dc21 97177 isbn 019285383x 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 typeset by re. A very short introduction identifies the central vision that unifies marx s thought, enabling us to grasp marx s views as a whole. He sees him as a philosopher primarily concerned with human freedom, rather than as an economist or a social scientist. It is strongly advised that he should not be read until you know what he is saying. Peter singer karl marx a very short introduction pdf.
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