Study
Questions
Karl Marx, "Manifesto
of the Communist Party"
-
What is a manifesto? Who is the audience for the "Communist Manifesto?"
What does it seem to be aimed at accomplishing?
- In the conclusion
to the Preface to the Edition of 1872, Marx and Engels declare that they
no longer have the right to alter the Manifesto since it “has become
a historical document.” Is it possible for authors to lose authority
over the texts they write?
- What is
Marx’s attitude toward and depiction of the capitalist class? What
is their position and purpose in his theory of history? What is his own
position and purpose as a writer?
- Would you
as an American college student profit from becoming a Marxist revolutionary?
If you did, would your life be different?
- Does the
"Communist Manifesto" still have use value? If so, what is it?