{"title":"Karl Marx","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-communist-manifesto","title":"The Communist Manifesto","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in London in February 1848, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Communist Manifesto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is one of the most consequential political texts ever written. Commissioned by the Communist League, this concise, forceful pamphlet traces the rise of the bourgeoisie and the transformation of society through industrial capitalism, arguing that history is driven by the struggle between social classes. Marx and Engels contend that the modern world’s economic order is neither permanent nor inevitable, and that the working class will ultimately challenge the system that exploits its labour.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten on the eve of the European revolutions of 1848, the Manifesto combines historical analysis with revolutionary urgency, its vivid rhetoric carrying an argument far beyond the circumstances of its composition. Its examination of capitalism, class, labour and global commerce remains central to political debate, whether approached as a call to action, a work of social criticism or a document of extraordinary historical influence. More than a century and a half later, its compact power and uncompromising vision continue to shape arguments about inequality, economic power and the organisation of modern society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“It has drowned the most heavenly ecstasies of religious fervour, of chivalrous enthusiasm, of philistine sentimentalism, in the icy water of egotistical calculation.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Communist Manifesto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Communist Manifesto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The passionate conviction, the concentrated brevity, the intellectual and stylistic force of this astonishing pamphlet.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Eric Hobsbawm, introduction to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Communist Manifesto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64026023723338,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"capital-volume-i","title":"Capital : Volumes One and Two","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in German in 1867, Karl Marx’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCapital, Volume I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a monumental critique of the economic system reshaping the industrial world. Beginning with the humble commodity, Marx investigates how goods acquire value, how labour becomes a commodity itself, and how the pursuit of profit structures the relationship between workers and those who own the means of production. He traces the mechanisms of exploitation and accumulation beneath the apparent freedom of the marketplace, revealing the social relations concealed within everyday economic life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten after decades of research and political struggle, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCapital\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e combines economic analysis, historical investigation and fierce moral scrutiny, at times enlivened by irony, literary allusion and startling imagery. Its account of capitalism’s restless expansion, its concentration of wealth and its dependence on labour became foundational to socialist thought and generations of political debate. Although demanding in scope, the first volume remains a landmark in the history of modern ideas: a work that asks not merely how wealth is produced, but who pays its price.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“A commodity appears, at first sight, a very trivial thing, and easily understood. Its analysis shows that it is, in reality, a very queer thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Karl Marx, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCapital, Volume I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCapital, Volume I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“It is full of biting wit and passionate denunciations of the brutality of nineteenth-century capitalism, based on a penetrating account of its inner workings.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Phil Gasper, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInternational Socialist Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64026041975114,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}]}],"url":"https:\/\/thelamppostparis.com\/collections\/karl-marx.oembed","provider":"The Lamp-Post Library \u0026 Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}