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The Karl Marx Library #1
On Revolution
English, German (translation)
682 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1972
About the author
Karl Marx
3,512 books7,157 followersWith the help of Friedrich Engels, German philosopher and revolutionary Karl Marx wrote
The Communist Manifesto
(1848) and
Das Kapital
(1867-1894), works, which explain historical development in terms of the interaction of contradictory economic forces, form many regimes, and profoundly influenced the social sciences.
German social theorist Friedrich Engels collaborated with Karl Marx on The Communist Manifesto in 1848 and on numerous other works.
Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakunin in London opposed Communism of Karl Marx with his antithetical anarchy.
Works of Jacques Martin Barzun include Darwin, Marx, Wagner (1941).
The Prussian kingdom introduced a prohibition on Jews, practicing law; in response, a man converted to Protestantism and shortly afterward fathered Karl Marx.
Marx began co-operating with Bruno Bauer on editing Philosophy of Religion of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (see Democritus and Epicurus), doctoral thesis, also engaged Marx, who completed it in 1841. People described the controversial essay as "a daring and original piece... in which Marx set out to show that theology must yield to the superior wisdom." Marx decided to submit his thesis not to the particularly conservative professors at the University of Berlin but instead to the more liberal faculty of University of Jena, which for his contributed key theory awarded his Philosophiae Doctor in April 1841. Marx and Bauer, both atheists, in March 1841 began plans for a journal, entitled Archiv des Atheismus (Atheistic Archives), which never came to fruition.
Marx edited the newspaper Vorwärts! in 1844 in Paris. The urging of the Prussian government from France banished and expelled Marx in absentia; he then studied in Brussels. He joined the league in 1847 and published.
Marx participated the failure of 1848 and afterward eventually wound in London. Marx, a foreigner, corresponded for several publications of United States.
He came in three volumes. Marx organized the International and the social democratic party.
Marx in a letter to C. Schmidt once quipped, "All I know is that I am not a Marxist," as Warren Allen Smith related in Who's Who in Hell .
People describe Marx, who most figured among humans. They typically cite Marx with Émile Durkheim and Max Weber, the principal modern architects.
Bertrand Russell later remarked of non-religious Marx, "His belief that there is a cosmic ... called dialectical materialism, which governs ... independently of human volitions, is mere mythology" ( Portraits from Memory , 1956).
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http://www.historyguide.org/intellect...
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German social theorist Friedrich Engels collaborated with Karl Marx on The Communist Manifesto in 1848 and on numerous other works.
Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakunin in London opposed Communism of Karl Marx with his antithetical anarchy.
Works of Jacques Martin Barzun include Darwin, Marx, Wagner (1941).
The Prussian kingdom introduced a prohibition on Jews, practicing law; in response, a man converted to Protestantism and shortly afterward fathered Karl Marx.
Marx began co-operating with Bruno Bauer on editing Philosophy of Religion of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (see Democritus and Epicurus), doctoral thesis, also engaged Marx, who completed it in 1841. People described the controversial essay as "a daring and original piece... in which Marx set out to show that theology must yield to the superior wisdom." Marx decided to submit his thesis not to the particularly conservative professors at the University of Berlin but instead to the more liberal faculty of University of Jena, which for his contributed key theory awarded his Philosophiae Doctor in April 1841. Marx and Bauer, both atheists, in March 1841 began plans for a journal, entitled Archiv des Atheismus (Atheistic Archives), which never came to fruition.
Marx edited the newspaper Vorwärts! in 1844 in Paris. The urging of the Prussian government from France banished and expelled Marx in absentia; he then studied in Brussels. He joined the league in 1847 and published.
Marx participated the failure of 1848 and afterward eventually wound in London. Marx, a foreigner, corresponded for several publications of United States.
He came in three volumes. Marx organized the International and the social democratic party.
Marx in a letter to C. Schmidt once quipped, "All I know is that I am not a Marxist," as Warren Allen Smith related in Who's Who in Hell .
People describe Marx, who most figured among humans. They typically cite Marx with Émile Durkheim and Max Weber, the principal modern architects.
Bertrand Russell later remarked of non-religious Marx, "His belief that there is a cosmic ... called dialectical materialism, which governs ... independently of human volitions, is mere mythology" ( Portraits from Memory , 1956).
More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/marx/
http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/bi...
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/...
http://www.historyguide.org/intellect...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic...
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/...
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/t...
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December 16, 2023
"Hey, think the time is right for palace revolution/ Cause where I live the game to play is compromise solution".
Why did the revolution not come? How can we tell a real revolution from a fake one? When is a revolution compromised? Marx gets the Saul Padover treatment again, meaning voluminous compilation and not so luminous annotation or even editing. Padover, editor and biographer of Karl Marx, has chosen to survey the writings of Marx on the most important of all Marxist topics, revolution, for which we must all be grateful, and unhappily chosen to convey his thoughts by geography; Marx on France in revolution, Marx on Germany in revolution, Marx on Spain in revolution. I, for one, am joyful to find the great Marxian writings on France, THE CLASS STRUGGLES IN FRANCE, THE CIVIL WAR IN FRANCE, THE EIGHTEENTH BRUMAIRE OF LOUIS NAPOLEON, all under one roof. Thanks, Saul. Anyone who knows Marx can detect the flaw in this approach. Marx thought thematically and systematically, unhampered by national boundaries. France witnessed in the Commune of 1870; a first somersault at proletarian revolution, drowned in blood by the French government. Germany in 1848 experienced a cowardly bourgeois revolution that melted away once the German bourgeoisie felt the threat of a proletarian uprising. Spain saw no revolutions at all, only military coups and palace infighting throughout the century. ON REVOLUTION is an admirable but ultimately failed attempt to make Marx meaningful for us moderns.
Why did the revolution not come? How can we tell a real revolution from a fake one? When is a revolution compromised? Marx gets the Saul Padover treatment again, meaning voluminous compilation and not so luminous annotation or even editing. Padover, editor and biographer of Karl Marx, has chosen to survey the writings of Marx on the most important of all Marxist topics, revolution, for which we must all be grateful, and unhappily chosen to convey his thoughts by geography; Marx on France in revolution, Marx on Germany in revolution, Marx on Spain in revolution. I, for one, am joyful to find the great Marxian writings on France, THE CLASS STRUGGLES IN FRANCE, THE CIVIL WAR IN FRANCE, THE EIGHTEENTH BRUMAIRE OF LOUIS NAPOLEON, all under one roof. Thanks, Saul. Anyone who knows Marx can detect the flaw in this approach. Marx thought thematically and systematically, unhampered by national boundaries. France witnessed in the Commune of 1870; a first somersault at proletarian revolution, drowned in blood by the French government. Germany in 1848 experienced a cowardly bourgeois revolution that melted away once the German bourgeoisie felt the threat of a proletarian uprising. Spain saw no revolutions at all, only military coups and palace infighting throughout the century. ON REVOLUTION is an admirable but ultimately failed attempt to make Marx meaningful for us moderns.
April 4, 2010
This is a selection of works by Karl Marx on revolution, edited by Saul Padover. There are both major works and small tidbits (e.g., newspaper articles written by Marx, e.g., for the New York Daily Tribune).
Padover begins with a useful essay on Marx' life and his general views on revolution. It helps to put the selections from Marx in a larger context. There is also a helpful chronology of Marx' life, giving a sense of his movement and his work.
Following that are several sections dealing with various aspects of his views on revolution. The first part focuses on Marx' views on revolution in general. Included are excerpts from speeches, papers, publications, and speeches. The next section has as the primary target the Communist Manifesto (itself appearing on pages 79-107). Other letters and publications bearing on issues related to the Manifesto are included in this part of the book.
Next are three sections, geographically focused. Here, we see Marx' analyses of revolutionary events/potential in France (including the 18th Brumaire of Louis Napoleon), Germany (including Critique of the Gotha Program), and, finally, Spain.
The book serves a useful purpose by bringing together various of Marx' works that speak to revolution. Hence, the reader can ascertain the extent to which his work seems to provide insight into the subject or not.
Padover begins with a useful essay on Marx' life and his general views on revolution. It helps to put the selections from Marx in a larger context. There is also a helpful chronology of Marx' life, giving a sense of his movement and his work.
Following that are several sections dealing with various aspects of his views on revolution. The first part focuses on Marx' views on revolution in general. Included are excerpts from speeches, papers, publications, and speeches. The next section has as the primary target the Communist Manifesto (itself appearing on pages 79-107). Other letters and publications bearing on issues related to the Manifesto are included in this part of the book.
Next are three sections, geographically focused. Here, we see Marx' analyses of revolutionary events/potential in France (including the 18th Brumaire of Louis Napoleon), Germany (including Critique of the Gotha Program), and, finally, Spain.
The book serves a useful purpose by bringing together various of Marx' works that speak to revolution. Hence, the reader can ascertain the extent to which his work seems to provide insight into the subject or not.
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