Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels | The Communist Manifesto | Philosophers Explained | Stephen Hicks

Philosophers, Explained covers major philosophers and texts, especially the great classics. In each episode, Professor Hicks discusses an important work, doing a close reading that lasts 40 minutes to an hour. In this episode, Dr. Hicks gives a detailed reading of the Communist Manifesto, discussing class Marx and Engel's views on class struggle, the proletariat, the bourgeoisie and violent revolution. Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Friedrich Engels(1820-1895) were German philosophers and socialist theorists . Timestamps: 00:55 The text 02:38 The opening line 03:25 Class struggle/class conflict 05:25 The Bourgeoisie epoch 09:05 Political transformation 11:36 The Bourgeoisie in power 15:32 The productive power of the bourgeoisie 17:28 The world market 18:25 Rural transformation 20:02 The proletarians 24:00 The new despotism 25:08 Proletarian transformation into a revolutionary class 27:14 Trade unions 29:02 Conditions are unsatisfactory 29:42 The revolutionaries 31:48 Chapter Two: Abolition of property, family, nationality and the bourgeoisie 35:40 Wrest all capital from the bourgeoisie 26:47 Teh 10 Point List 38:26 A Declaration of Violent Revolution Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, USA, and has had visiting positions at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., University of Kasimir the Great in Poland, Oxford University’s Harris Manchester College in England, and Jagiellonian University in Poland. Other links: Explaining Postmodernism audiobook:    • Explaining Postmodernism by Stephen Hicks:...   Nietzsche and the Nazis audiobook:    • Nietzsche and the Nazis by Stephen R. C. H...   Playlists: Education Theory:    • Education Theory   Entrepreneurship and Values:    • Плейлист   Nietzsche:    • Nietzsche