Name: The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte (New World Paperbacks)
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Author: Marx, Karl
ISBN: 9780717800568

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The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte (New World Paperbacks)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Karl Marx

Publisher

International Publishers

Year

1994

Language

English

Pages

161

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3 x 14.0 x 0.9 cm

Weight

0.20 kg.

ISBN

0717800563

ISBN13

9780717800568

Synopsis "The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte (New World Paperbacks) "

Marx stated that the purpose of this essay was to "demonstrate how the class struggle in France created circumstances and relationships that made it possible for a grotesque mediocrity to play a hero's part." In doing so he applies the method of Historical Materialism and besides it's many other points of interest and importance it can serve readers as a practical instance of this particular method of historical analysisIn this essay one finds Marx's famous formulation of the role of the individual in history, "Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given and transmitted from the past." Marx's interpretation of Louis Bonaparte's rise and rule is also of interest to later scholars studying the nature and meaning of fascism, among whom the coup is regarded as a forerunner of the phenomenon of 20th-century fascism.

Karl Marx

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(Trier, Germany, 1818 - London, United Kingdom, 1883) Karl Marx, a perceptive analyst of social and economic evolution, and advocate for the emancipatory transformation of the State and society, is undoubtedly the most influential thinker of the contemporary world. His ideas quickly gained acceptance in the socialist movement and his writings became essential reading for any ideological tendency. Philosopher, sociologist, historian, economist, and revolutionary activist, his extensive work has reached the status of universal reference.

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