- 01Class struggle and the rise of bourgeois society
- 01The bourgeoisie as a revolutionary class
- 01World market and cosmopolitan production
- 02Urban dominance and political centralisation
- 01Feudal origins of bourgeois means of production and exchange
- 02Bourgeois crises and the rise of the proletariat
- 01Development of the proletariat under capital
- 02Factory discipline and exploitation
- 03Women, age, and the reserve of labour
- 04Decline of the middle class into the proletariat
- 05Early stages of proletarian struggle
- 01Early worker resistance and machine-breaking
- 02Trade unions and class struggle
- 03Proletarian organization into a political party
The Communist Manifesto
Class, capitalism, and historical change.
2Chapters
12Lessons
30Topics
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Skills this course leaves you with.
- Explain the core argument of The Communist Manifesto
- Describe how the bourgeoisie and proletariat are defined in the text
- Summarize Marx and Engels' view of capitalism and historical change
- Compare the manifesto's treatment of communists with other socialist movements
- Identify the political and economic critique presented in key chapters
Curriculum
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- Chapters
- 2
- Lessons
- 12
- Topics
- 30
- 01Proletariat as the revolutionary class
- 02Communists and the proletarian movement
- 03Abolition of bourgeois private property
- 04Communist abolition of bourgeois property and freedom
- 05Family, education, and women under communism
- 06Nationality, religion, and historical ideas
- 07Proletarian political supremacy and communist measures
- 01Feudal Socialism
- 01Petty-Bourgeois Socialism
- 01German philosophers’ translation of French socialism
- 02“True” Socialism as a reactionary weapon
- 01Conservative, or Bourgeois, Socialism
- 02Critical-Utopian Socialism and Communism
- 01Communist tactics toward opposition parties
- 02Revolutionary support and the property question
- 03Open declaration of communist aims
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