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
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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.

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