Marx and Engels on Bonapartism: Selected Journalism, 1851-59

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels worked as professional journalists for over a decade after the Revolution of 1848, writing from London for newspapers in the United States and Europe. They analyzed the crisis of revolution and bonapartism, focusing on the new mass democratic state that emerged in the absence of the proletariat's dictatorship. This volume collects their journalistic works on Bonapartism, covering topics such as unionist capitalism, Chartism, the East India Company, European nationalisms, and the Taiping Rebellion in China.

Format: Hardback
Length: 442 pages
Publication date: 01 March 2023
Publisher: Lexington Books

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, two prominent figures in the history of socialism, spent over a decade working as professional journalists in the late 19th century. While living in exile, Marx continued his analysis of the crisis of revolution, focusing on the new mass democratic state that emerged in the absence of the dictatorship of the proletariat. This volume collects their journalistic works dealing with Bonapartism, a term they coined to describe the rise of a new unionist capitalist politics in Britain, post-1848 Chartism, the East India Company, European nationalisms, and the Taiping Rebellion in China. The topics examined in this volume provide a comprehensive overview of the political and social landscape of the time, and Marx's critical concept of bonapartism is explored in detail.

Weight: 798g
Dimension: 159 x 238 x 36 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781666928044