The Communist Manifesto

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The Communist Manifesto

• Analysis and review
• Chapter II

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Chapter II tone and purpose

• a) What is the tone of this chapter? Is it
  different from Chapter I?
• b) Who is it directed at?
• c) What is its purpose?
• d) Do you think the arguments are well-reasoned?
  Why/why not?

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Chapter II the 10-point policy

• 2. a) What do you think of the 10-point policy?
• b) Which points are radical, which are
  conservative?
• c) Are any of the points implemented in your
  country?
• d) What does this say about communism/this
  document?

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Chapter II - evaluation

• 3. Do you think communism is a desirable ideal, a
  foolish dream, an undesirable ideal, or something
  else?

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Chapter II further question

• 4. Look closely at the last paragraphs (When, in
  the course of development, class distinctions
  have disappeared in which the free development
  of each is the condition for the free development
  of all.). In contemporary scholarship these are
  considered some of the most controversial points
  in the whole Manifesto. Can you identify why?

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Chapter III

• This chapter reviews the socialist literature
  present in the mid-1800s and offers reasons why
  the Communist Manifesto is significantly
  different and more important. It is very
  outdated now and because of this we will not
  study it in detail.

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Chapter IV

• This chapter considers the condition of
  communism in various countries in Europe and
  finishes with the words Working Men Of All
  Countries Unite!, the rallying call of
  communists. This is intended to be the call to
  action for those faithful to the communist cause.