"The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte" by Karl Marx is a record of history that looks at how Louis Bonaparte gained power in France between the 1848 Revolution and his 1851 takeover. Marx writes about the battles between the rich and the working class, and how political actions changed society. It starts by talking about how history repeats itself, but differently over time, discussing the Revolution and the power struggles between groups like the National Assembly and the working class. The book shows how the working class became disappointed and how the rich people made false friendships, which allowed Bonaparte to take control. This beginning part sets the foundation for showing Marx's opinion on the political world, using the events to discuss class struggles and how revolutions work.
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
By Karl Marx
Amidst political deception and class conflict, a leader rises to seize power in France, forever changing the course of history.
Summary
About the AuthorKarl Marx was a German-born philosopher, political theorist, economist, historian, sociologist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His best-known works are the 1848 pamphlet The Communist Manifesto and his three-volume Das Kapital (1867–1894); the latter employs his critical approach of historical materialism in an analysis of capitalism, in the culmination of his intellectual endeavours. Marx's ideas and their subsequent development, collectively known as Marxism, have had enormous influence on modern intellectual, economic and political history.
Karl Marx was a German-born philosopher, political theorist, economist, historian, sociologist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His best-known works are the 1848 pamphlet The Communist Manifesto and his three-volume Das Kapital (1867–1894); the latter employs his critical approach of historical materialism in an analysis of capitalism, in the culmination of his intellectual endeavours. Marx's ideas and their subsequent development, collectively known as Marxism, have had enormous influence on modern intellectual, economic and political history.
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