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The Communist Manifesto: A Graphic Novel Paperback – June 5, 2018

by Karl Marx (Author), Friedrich Engels (Author), Martin Rowson (Illustrator)

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The Guardian’s editorial cartoonist, Martin Rowson, employs his trademark draftsmanship and wit to this lively graphic adaptation of The Communist Manifesto.

Published in 1848, at a time of political upheaval in Europe, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels’s Manifesto for the Communist Party was at once a powerful critique of capitalism and a radical call to arms. It remains the most incisive introduction to the ideas of Communism and the most lucid explanation of its aims. Much of what it proposed continues to be at the heart of political debate into the 21st century. It is no surprise, perhaps, that The Communist Manifesto (as it was later renamed) is the second bestselling book of all time, surpassed only by the Bible.

The Communist Manifesto is both a timely reminder of the politics of hope and a thought-provoking guide to the most influential work of political theory ever published.

“A jauntily irreverent but fundamentally serious take on a vastly influential political work.” —Publishers Weekly

“The Manifesto’s always been a rather easy read and Rowson’s adaptation makes it even more accessible, but the graphic novel also serves as an all-too-timely reminder of just what kind of world we’re living in today.” —Gizmodo

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June 5, 2018
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1910593494
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"...a jauntily irreverent but fundamentally serious take on a vastly influential political work.”―Publishers Weekly

“The Manifesto’s always been a rather easy read and Rowson’s adaptation makes it even more accessible, but the graphic novel also serves as an all-too-timely reminder of just what kind of world we’re living in today.”―Gizmodo

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Martin Rowson is a political cartoonist and author. Best known for his work in the Guardian, he has adapted Tristram Shandy and The Wasteland into graphic novel form.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ SelfMadeHero; Reprint edition (June 5, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 80 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1910593494
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1910593493
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1360L
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.25 x 10 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #661,539 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #287 in Educational & Nonfiction Graphic Novels
- #898 in Communism & Socialism (Books)
- #1,766 in Political Philosophy (Books)

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Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, communist, and revolutionary, whose ideas played a significant role in the development of modern communism. Marx summarized his approach in the first line of chapter one of The Communist Manifesto, published in 1848: "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles." Marx argued that capitalism, like previous socioeconomic systems, would inevitably produce internal tensions which would lead to its destruction. Just as capitalism replaced feudalism, he believed socialism would, in its turn, replace capitalism, and lead to a stateless, classless society called pure communism. This would emerge after a transitional period called the "dictatorship of the proletariat": a period sometimes referred to as the "workers state" or "workers' democracy". In section one of The Communist Manifesto Marx describes feudalism, capitalism, and the role internal social contradictions play in the historical process: We see then: the means of production and of exchange, on whose foundation the bourgeoisie built itself up, were generated in feudal society. At a certain stage in the development of these means of production and of exchange, the conditions under which feudal society produced and exchanged...the feudal relations of property became no longer compatible with the already developed productive forces; they became so many fetters. They had to be burst asunder; they were burst asunder. Into their place stepped free competition, accompanied by a social and political constitution adapted in it, and the economic and political sway of the bourgeois class. A similar movement is going on before our own eyes.... The productive forces at the disposal of society no longer tend to further the development of the conditions of bourgeois property; on the contrary, they have become too powerful for these conditions, by which they are fettered, and so soon as they overcome these fetters, they bring order into the whole of bourgeois society, endanger the existence of bourgeois property.Marx argued for a systemic understanding of socio-economic change.

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Little Dipper

I thoroughly enjoyed this book!!!

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2022

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This honestly makes reading the communist manifesto much easier to comprehend and it was actually fun to read. Rowson actually made a story out if the text and made some good additional notes that add some context from the future, since this text was written so long ago. Its crazy how long ago it was written to be honest because it could've been written today. The only critique I have is that parts of the pictures are hard to see sometimes because of the crease in the center of the pages from the binding. However, thats just a normal book thing, no fault of the printing or anything.

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nicole

great for the commie in your life

Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2020

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I bought this for my boyfriend's anniversary gift and he loved it! The illustrations are so cool and the book is good size.

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thomasrodd

A powerful book.

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2018

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Trenchant illustrations, cogent text. His art is not for everyone but for me it’s great.

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Puck

A great point of view that captures the heart of the book visually

Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2019

Wow. I loved it. The Art is so impactful that it added a dimension of the "book" that really speaks to the problem... capitalism/consummerism. Everything is for sale. I think the art is a bit repetative, sometimes with only a small connection to direct words on the page and sometimes a bit unclear of its meaning... but every page was worth it.

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Ron

Adds very little to reading experience

Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2018

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This adaptation correctly identifies that the Communist Manifesto is one of the most influential works ever written but goes out of it's way to dismiss and deride those who were influenced by it! It features images of what are clearly Soviet soldiers goose stepping in front of a statue of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels while birds defecate on the statue.

This kind of gross dismissal of existing socialism by people who purport to have been inspired by Marx works only to maintain the status quo. Especially portraying a Soviet soldier doing a Nazi goose step when 20 million soviet soldiers died to defeat fascism in Europe. What an insult to the millions of communists who struggled and fought for the vision of Karl Marx.

Otherwise this is simply what it says it is: The text of the Communist Manifesto along side some very detailed (but extremely grim) artwork. If you have never read the Communist Manifesto before then this adds some editorializing that I don't think would make a good first reading. If you've read it before then maybe you might enjoy the artwork but otherwise I don't think there is much to get out of this that wouldn't be gained out of just reading the text (which is available for free everywhere) without the art.

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A careful buy

Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2018

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The artwork is grim, but it is detailed and bold. I think a preface would have been better. And additional notes in a nice artistic way.

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