Friedrich Engels Libros

Este manifiesto, publicado en Londres en 1848, fue redactado por Marx y Engels por encargo del segundo congreso de la Liga Comunista. Además del programa de un partido, es un lúcido análisis de la sociedad capitalista del siglo XIX que, en muchos aspectos, sigue siendo actual. No estamos ante un panfleto sino ante un clásico del pensamiento occidental que ha llegado a ser el libro más difundido tras la Biblia y cuyos planteamientos deben ser conocidos, pues han encarnado los sueños de millones de personas y son parte fundamental de la historia del movimiento obrero.

The book presents a significant exploration of socialism, distinguishing between its utopian and scientific aspects. Recognized as a classic, it has been preserved and republished in a modern format to ensure its accessibility for current and future readers. The text has been reformatted and retyped for clarity, making it a valuable resource for those interested in the evolution of socialist thought.

Das Kapital, Karl Marx's seminal work, is the book that above all others formed the twentieth century. From Kapital sprung the economic and political systems that at one time dominated half the earth and for nearly a century kept the world on the brink of war. Even today, more than one billion Chinese citizens live under a regime that proclaims fealty to Marxist ideology. Yet this important tome has been passed over by many readers frustrated by Marx’s difficult style and his preoccupation with nineteenth-century events of little relevance to today's reader. Here Serge Levitsky presents a revised version of Kapital, abridged to emphasize the political and philosophical core of Marx’s work while trimming away much that is now unimportant. Pointing out Marx’s many erroneous predictions about the development of capitalism, Levitsky's introduction nevertheless argues for Kapital's relevance as a prime example of a philosophy of economic determinism that "subordinates the problems of human freedom and human dignity to the issues of who should own the means of production and how wealth should be distributed." Here then is a fresh and highly readable version of a work whose ideas provided inspiration for communist regimes' ideological war against capitalism, a struggle that helped to shape the world today.

The first volume of a political treatise that changed the world One of the most notorious works of modern times, as well as one of the most influential, Capital is an incisive critique of private property and the social relations it generates. Living in exile in England, where this work was largely written, Marx drew on a wide-ranging knowledge of its society to support his analysis and create fresh insights. Arguing that capitalism would cause an ever-increasing division in wealth and welfare, he predicted its abolition and replacement by a system with common ownership of the means of production. Capital rapidly acquired readership among the leaders of social democratic parties, particularly in Russia in Germany, and ultimately throughout the world, to become a work described by Marx friend and collaborator Friedrich Engels as “the Bible of the working class.” For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Exploring the foundational ideas of communism, this work delves into the economic and social conditions that give rise to class struggles. It outlines key principles that underpin the communist ideology, emphasizing the importance of collective ownership and the critique of capitalism. The text serves as a precursor to the more comprehensive Communist Manifesto, offering insights into the historical context and philosophical underpinnings of communist thought. It is a significant contribution to political philosophy and the study of ideologies.