Analysis Of The Communist Manifesto And The Condition Of The Working Class In Europe

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The atmosphere of Europe from 1847 to 1848 was very intense, complex, and chaotic regarding both politics and intellectual involvements. There was talk of communism, the working classes, social change, class separation, poverty, socialist ideals, Marxism, groups for revolution and groups against revolution. Two documents in particular, The Communist Manifesto, and The Condition of the Working Class in England address these matters in vastly intricate ways.
The Communist Manifesto novel, written by Karl Marx and assisted by Friedrich Engels, describes the relationship of Communism and its theories and goals to that of other parties. They argue that capitalism is unstable and the separation of classes undergoing corruption by one another is …show more content…

In the novel they discuss that all working men from all countries must unite and how all other political parties, social classes, and the overall concept of capitalism are unfit models to construct society and eliminating social class divisions is the way to solve these problems, however this must be done by means of revolution.
The Condition of the Working Class in England by Friedrich Engels discusses more in-depth the oppression and misery of classes, specifically the proletarian class with a focus on neighborhoods in particular and explains that revolution is the necessary solution to the problem.
The context of this document basically boils down to Engel’s eyewitness accounts of the conditions of the working class people and neighborhoods as a result of the industrial change during his stay in …show more content…

It is broken up into four sections that each cover different aspects of Communism as related to other parties as well as criticisms of society and industrial capitalism as a whole. Their motive for writing this document were the members of the “Communist League” who had hired them to do so, as well as their own personal views, as they had joined this radical group themselves and were also activists. After the manifesto was released, its highly influential properties and propaganda aspects served to be the groundwork for the Marxist movement. It criticizes previous socialist based works of literature creating a credibility in and of itself. The Condition of the Working Class in England could be defined as an observational argumentative essay. It was written in a way that put a descriptive connection to the issues going on and therefore was more persuasive and personal in its solution offered. Historically, this book is considered by many one of the most important studies of England in the Victorian

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