Monday, November 2, 2015

PDP 4 - "Communist Manifesto"

Author's Credentials:  Mark A. Kishkansky completed his undergraduate degree at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1970. He proceeded to graduate study under David Underdown at Brown University, receiving his M.A. in 1972 and his PhD in 1977.
Date and Context: The Communist Manifesto was written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels as a platform for their new international workers organization, The Communist League. It suggests that workers do not belong to a nation and that they should overthrow the upper class because it is the working class that provides for the upper class. This document is what fuels contemporary Russia. It gave them a desire for their Bolshevik Revolution where they got rid of their royal familly. This revolution has shaped a large majority of the worlds modern and contemporary history.
Summary: This document is mainly focused on explaining the motives of communism. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engel wrote it for the Communist League as a platform for its cause. Kishkansky gives a brief biography about Marx's upbringing before providing the text of the manifest. The document says that it is important for the working class to unite. That they are not bound to a nation and need to rise up against middle and upper classes because it will not happen otherwise.

Key Quotation: "The Communists are further reproached with desiring to abolish countries and nationality. The workingmen have no country."

2 comments:

  1. Kishlansky is not the author - he is an editor of the anthology. Marx and Engels were philosophers who sought to overturn the problems created by Industrial Revolution.

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  2. Overall, the discussion was pretty well written. However, I believe you could've expanded into detail on Marx and Engles and included more information about them to gain better knowledge. Alongside on what Mrs. Friday noted, I think you could've conducted more research to get accurate information on Kishlansky. Other than that, I liked the quote you used and the summary was correctly written.

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