Manifesto of the Communist Party
The concise foundational statement of Marx and Engels's political program and historical analysis.
Author guide
Karl Marx Books in Order
Karl Marx (1818–1883) was a German philosopher, economist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. He developed historical materialism and a systematic critique of capitalist political economy, collaborating closely with Friedrich Engels. His major works include The Communist Manifesto, A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, and Capital.
philosophypolitical economypolitical theoryhistory
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Wage Labour and Capital
A short introduction to Marx's analysis of wages, labour, capital, and class antagonism.
Capital: Volume One, The Process of Production of Capital
The central mature work on commodities, surplus value, exploitation, and capitalist accumulation.
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Books by series
nonfiction-series · completed
Capital
Karl Marx's critique of political economy, comprising the three volumes published during and after his lifetime; Theories of Surplus Value is conventionally treated as a posthumous fourth volume.
- 1 Capital: Volume One, The Process of Production of CapitalAmazon ↗
Book 1 · book · 1867
- 2 Capital: Volume Two, The Process of Circulation of CapitalAmazon ↗
Book 2 · book · 1885
- 3 Capital: Volume Three, The Process of Capitalist Production as a WholeAmazon ↗
Book 3 · book · 1894
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Theories of Surplus ValueAmazon ↗Book 4 · manuscript · 1905 Optional
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Nonfiction (1)
- Theses on FeuerbachAmazon ↗
philosophical-theses · 1888
Essays and speeches (14)
- Demands of the Communist Party in GermanyAmazon ↗
pamphlet · 1848
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On the Question of Free TradeAmazon ↗pamphlet · 1848
- Wage Labour and CapitalAmazon ↗
pamphlet · 1849
- Collected Articles (1842)Amazon ↗
essay-collection · 1850
- Address of the Central Committee to the Communist LeagueAmazon ↗
pamphlet · 1850
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The Class Struggles in France, 1848–1850Amazon ↗essay-collection · 1850
- Revelations Concerning the Communist Trial in CologneAmazon ↗
pamphlet · 1853
- Palmerston and RussiaAmazon ↗
pamphlet · 1855
- Inaugural Address of the International Working Men's AssociationAmazon ↗
pamphlet · 1864
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The Civil War in FranceAmazon ↗pamphlet · 1871
- A Plot against the International Workingmen's AssociationAmazon ↗
pamphlet · 1874
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Critique of the Gotha ProgrammeAmazon ↗pamphlet · 1891
- Secret Diplomatic History of the Eighteenth CenturyAmazon ↗
essay-collection · 1898
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Value, Price and ProfitAmazon ↗pamphlet · 1898
Other (13)
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The Holy Family, or Critique of Critical Criticism: Against Bruno Bauer and CompanyAmazon ↗book · 1845
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The Poverty of Philosophy: Answer to the Philosophy of Poverty of M. ProudhonAmazon ↗book · 1847
- Manifesto of the Communist PartyAmazon ↗
political-manifesto · 1848
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The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis BonaparteAmazon ↗book · 1852
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A Contribution to the Critique of Political EconomyAmazon ↗book · 1859
- Herr VogtAmazon ↗
book · 1860
- A Workers' InquiryAmazon ↗
ephemera · 1880
- The Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of NatureAmazon ↗
doctoral-thesis · 1902
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Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of RightAmazon ↗manuscript · 1927
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Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844Amazon ↗manuscript · 1932
- The German Ideology: Critique of Modern German Philosophy According to Its Representatives Feuerbach, B. Bauer and Stirner, and of German Socialism According to Its Various ProphetsAmazon ↗
manuscript · 1932
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Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political EconomyAmazon ↗manuscript · 1939
- Mathematical ManuscriptsAmazon ↗
manuscript · 1968