Research Catalog

Title

A spectre, haunting : on the Communist Manifesto / China Miéville.

Author

Miéville, China

Publication

• Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, [2022]
• ©2022

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Details

Additional Authors

• Marx, Karl, 1818-1883
• Engels, Friedrich, 1820-1895

Description

291 pages : illustration; 23 cm

Summary

China Miéville's riveting engagement with the Communist Manifesto offers a lyrical introduction and a spirited defense of the modern world's most influential political document. Few written works can so confidently claim to have shaped the course of history as Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels's Manifesto of the Communist Party. Since first rattling the gates of the ruling order in 1848, this incendiary pamphlet has never ceased providing fuel for the fire in the hearts of those who dream of a better world. Nor has it stopped haunting the nightmares of those who sit atop the vastly unequal social system it condemns.In this strikingly imaginative introduction, China Miéville provides readers with a guide to understanding the Manifesto and the many specters it has conjured. Through his unique and unorthodox reading, Miéville offers a spirited defense of the enduring relevance of Marx and Engels' ideas.Presented along with the full text of the Communist Manifesto, Miéville's guide has something to offer first-time readers, revolutionary partisans, and even the most hard-nosed skeptics.

Subject

• Marx, Karl, 1818-1883
• Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei (Marx, Karl)
• Communism
• Socialism
• Politics and government
• Social conditions
• Europe > Politics and government
• Europe > Social conditions
• Europe

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Literary criticism.

Note

• "First published in the UK in 2022 by Head of Zeus Ltd." -- title verso

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-282) and index.

Contents

On the Manifesto and the Manifesto form -- The Communist Manifesto in its time -- An outline of the Manifesto -- Evaluating the Manifesto -- Criticisms of the Manifesto -- The Communist Manifesto today -- Afterword -- a communist catchetism -- Appendix A: Manifesto of the Communist Party, 1848 -- Appendix B: Preface to the 1872 German edition -- Appendix C: Preface to the 1882 Russian edition -- Appendix D: Preface to the 1883 German edition -- Appendix E: Preface to the 1888 English edition.

Call Number

JFE 23-862

ISBN

• 9781642598919
• 1642598917
• 9781642598933
• 1642598933

LCCN

2022417349

OCLC

1331706453

Author

Miéville, China, author.

Title

A spectre, haunting : on the Communist Manifesto / China Miéville.

Publisher

Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, [2022]

Copyright Date

©2022

Edition

This edition published in 2022.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-282) and index.

Added Author

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883, author.

Engels, Friedrich, 1820-1895, author.

Research Call Number

JFE 23-862