The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte by Karl Marx
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"The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte" by Karl Marx is an essay written between December 1851 and March 1852. Marx analyzes the 1851 French coup d'état that transformed Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte from president into emperor. Applying his theory of historical materialism, Marx examines how class struggle and divisions among social groups enabled "a grotesque mediocrity to play a hero's part." The work explores the emergence of the Bonapartist state and features Marx's famous
observation that history repeats itself—first as tragedy, then as farce. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Marx, Karl, 1818-1883 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eighteenth_Brumaire_of_Louis_Bonaparte |
| Note | Translation of Achtzehnte brumaire |
| Credits | An Anonymous Volunteer and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 41.3 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | DC: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: France, Andorra, Monaco |
| Subject | France -- History -- Second Republic, 1848-1852 |
| Subject | France -- History -- Coup d'état, 1851 |
| Subject | France -- History -- February Revolution, 1848 |
| Subject | France -- Politics and government -- 1848-1852 |
| Subject | Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1346 |
| Release Date | Feb 19, 2006 |
| Last Update | Apr 19, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1667 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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