The Cambridge Companion to \_\_The Communist Manifesto\_\_

The Cambridge Companion to The Communist Manifesto covers the historical and biographical contexts and major contemporary interpretations of this classic text for understanding Marx and Engels, and for grasping Marxist political theory. The editors and contributors offer innovative accounts of the history of the text in relation to German revolutionaries, European socialism, and socialist political projects; rhetorical, dramaturgical, feminist and postcolonial readings of the text; and theoretical analyses in relation to political economy, political theory and major concepts of Marxism. The volume includes a fresh translation into English, by Terrell Carver, of the first edition (1848), and an exacting transcription of the rare earliest English translation (1850) by Helen Macfarlane. Includes an editors' introduction and twelve chapters by noted scholars from different sub-fields in political theory so readers will have access to the latest interpretative approaches Contains two translations of the text so readers will have access to a more accurate translation of the first edition and to a rare translation of historical interest Blake Smiley Searched The Country For Just The Right Place To Call Home. The Professional Triathlete Has Traveled The World, But Thunder Point Has What He Needs To Put Down The Roots He's Never Had. In The Quiet Coastal Town He Can Focus On His Training Without Distractions. Until He Meets His New Neighbors And Everything Changes. Lin Su Simmons And Her Teenage Son, Charlie, Are Fixtures At Winnie Banks's House As Lin Su Nurses Winnie Through The Realities Of Als. A Single Mother, Lin Su Is Proud Of Taking Charge And Never Showing Weakness. But She Has Her Hands Full Coping With A Job, Debt And Charlie's Health Issues. And Charlie Is Asking Questions About His Family History--questions She Doesn't Want To Answer. When Charlie Enlists Blake's Help To Escape His Overprotective Mother, Lin Su Resents The Interference In Her Life. But Blake Is Certain He Can Break Through Her Barriers And Be The Man She And Charlie Need. When Faced With A Terrible Situation, Blake Comes To The Rescue, And Lin Su Realizes He Just Might Be The Man Of Her Dreams. Together, They Recognize That Family Is Who You Choose It To Be. Part 1. Political And Biographical Context -- Part 2. Political Reception -- Part 3. Intellectual Legacy -- Part 4. The Text In English Translation: Manifesto Of The Communist Party (1848) / Translated From The First Edition By Terrell Carver (1996). Manifesto Of The German Communist Party (1848) / First English Translation (abridged) By Helen Macfarlane (1850). [edited By] Terrell Carver, James Farr. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Editors' introduction Terrell Carver and James Farr Part I. Political and Biographical Context: 1. Rhineland radicals and '48ers Jürgen Herres 2. Marx, Engels and other socialisms David Leopold 3. The rhetoric of the Manifesto James Martin 4. The Manifesto in Marx and Engels's lifetimes Terrell Carver Part II. Political Reception: 5. Marxisms and the Manifesto after Engels Jules Townshend 6. The permanent revolution in and around the Manifesto Emanuele Saccarelli 7. The two revolutionary classes of the Manifesto Leo Panitch 8. Hunting for women and haunted by gender: the rhetorical limits of the Manifesto Joan C. Tronto Part III. Intellectual Legacy: 9. The Manifesto in political theory: anglophone translations and liberal receptions James Farr and Terence Ball 10. The spectre of the Manifesto stalks neoliberal globalisation: reconfiguring Marxist discourse(s) in the 1990s Manfred B. Steger 11. Decolonising the Manifesto: communism and the slave analogy Robbie Shilliam 12. The Manifesto in a late capitalist era: melancholy and melodrama Elisabeth Anker Part IV. The Text in English Translation. "The Cambridge Companion to the Communist Manifesto covers the historical and biographical contexts and major contemporary interpretations of this classic text for understanding Marx and Engels, and for grasping Marxist political theory. The editors and contributors offer innovative accounts of the history of the text in relation to German revolutionaries, European socialism, and socialist political projects; rhetorical, dramaturgical, feminist and postcolonial readings of the text; and theoretical analyses in relation to political economy, political theory and major concepts of Marxism. The volume includes a fresh translation into English, by Terrell Carver, of the first edition (1848), and an exacting transcription of the rare earliest English translation (1850) by Helen Macfarlane."--Provided by publisher The Cambridge Companion to The Communist Manifesto makes accessible to general readers the latest historical and biographical scholarship critically relevant to this classic text in political theory and intellectual history. It provides a fresh translation of the first edition by Terrell Carver and a transcription of the rare first English translation by Helen Macfarlane.