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The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels

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challenging reflective slow-paced

5.0

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informative reflective fast-paced

4.25

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5.0

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3.0

Feels weird to give the communist manifesto a star rating but I’m nothing if not consistent

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4.0

This review is for the Introduction by Gareth Stedman Jones, which I found to be really thorough, complete and interesting regarding the origins and evolution of Communism, considering that before reading this, my knowledge about communism was limited to the first literal meaning that comes up with a Google search. It is very enlightening about the philosophical ideas and their development which led to the revolutionary point of Karl Marx's and Frederich Engel's of conception of this one of the most historical contributions in the development of human societies. It is dense with footnotes and references to tons of scholars and literature which both preceded and followed this publication of an important step in the communist movement. This is a heavy read as a result and without any formal (or even introductory) background, my retention of it is very humble and very abstract. But still, reading it has been an interesting experiment with thoughts that I could resonate with, like the philosophical rationale of mutual "estrangement" caused by capital, the role of property relations in our present societies, the position of religion with respect to these social movements, the historical evolution of class systems across the modern civilised world etc.

Regarding the manifesto, I can only comment that it is very well written. Prophetic, convincing and evocative. I also think it is important as readers to understand that essentially, it is an ideal of human politics, economics and society as a whole and it should be taken as an ideal. Whether or not it will work, speculating that completely is as difficult as predicting future. And like an ideal, it should be used as a template for reality check and developing our 'social' conscience (in this case) to know what to strive to; but with caution, as it's equally easy to get disillusioned with idealism as well.

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4.5

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4.5

What can I say? Incredible.

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3.5

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4.0

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4.0

Ένα φάντασμα πλανιέται στην Ευρώπη - το φάντασμα του κομμουνισμού. Ακραίο ανάγνωσμα. Εμπεριέχει πολλές τρομερές ιδέες ειδικά αν αναλογιστεί κανείς ότι γράφτηκε το 1848. Αναλύει συνοπτικά τον νέο συσχετισμό των παραγωγικών σχέσεων του αστικού κράτους που τότε πρωτοεμφανιζόταν. Προτείνει την κομμουνιστική σκέψη και στάση. Κάνει μια σύντομη κριτική άλλων σοσιαλιστικών ιδέων. Η εισαγωγή Hobsbawn δίνει το ιστορικό πλαίσιο. Οι πρόλογοι αξίζουν γιατί δίνουν πληροφορίες για την εξέλιξη του κινήματος κατά την διάρκεια του 19ου αιώνα. Αποτελεί έναυσμα για να μάθει κανείς ιστορία, οικονομία και κοινωνιολογία. Μιλάει για την παραγωγή, την εξουσία, την ιδιοκτησία, το έθνος ακόμα και την οικογένεια.
Οι κομμουνιστές δεν καταδέχονται να κρύβουν τις ιδέες και τους σκοπούς τους. Διακηρύσσουν φανερά ότι οι στόχοι τους μπορούν να πραγματοποιηθούν μόνο με την βίαιη ανατροπή κάθε κατεστημένης κοινωνικής οργάνωσης. Ας τρέμουν οι κυρίαρχες τάξεις μπροστά σε μια κομμουνιστική επανάσταση. Οι προλετάριοι δεν έχουν τίποτα να χάσουν σ' αυτή, παρά μόνο τις αλυσίδες τους. Έχουν να κερδίσουν έναν κόσμο ολόκληρο. Προλετάριοι όλων των χωρών, ενωθείτε!