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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
don't mind me, just listening to David Harvey's podcast and wanted to look at the original source
Five stars is probably excessive, but I have spent the past four weeks struggling through political theory and general philosophy, and this is probably the easiest book to read. Infinitely more concise than Tocqueville and Locke. (Though that's just this, and not a general statement about Marx and Engles.) While I don't agree with his conclusions, some of his premises are actually quite decent and relevant. I'd quite agree that those with power are the ones who own the factors of production, though maybe not to the extent of such repression and exploitation (though in places, this still is very much true, just maybe not of entire modern economies everywhere).
That said, I have, according to Goodreads, been attempting to read this since September last year (and probably even before that).
That said, I have, according to Goodreads, been attempting to read this since September last year (and probably even before that).
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
I would urge anybody to read the first two sections of the manifesto. Hugely important piece of writing that shows Marx and Engels to have been wrong about many things, but spot on about the way in which the proletariat is continually exploited under capitalism.
In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependant and has no individuality.
In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependant and has no individuality.
informative
fast-paced
challenging
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
informative
medium-paced
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
The Manifesto itself is, of course, passionate and historically exhilarating. The additional notes from Jones are valuable in adding the full historical context, if a little deflating compared to the Manifesto itself, and sometimes failing to make clear the philosophical foundations of the communist ideology.
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Do I even have to say anything? Read it, and if you already have, read it again!