{"product_id":"the-18th-brumaire-of-louis-bonaparte-9780717800568","title":"The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarx stated that the purpose of this essay was to \"demonstrate how the class struggle in France created circumstances and relationships that made it possible for a grotesque mediocrity to play a hero's part.\"\u003csup\u003e \u003c\/sup\u003eIn doing so he applies the method of Historical Materialism and besides it's many other points of interest and importance it can serve readers as a practical instance of this particular method of historical analysis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this essay one finds Marx's famous formulation of the role of the individual in history, \"Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given and transmitted from the past.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarx's interpretation of Louis Bonaparte's rise and rule is also of interest to later scholars studying the nature and meaning of fascism, among whom the coup is regarded as a forerunner of the phenomenon of 20th-century fascism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karl Marx\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e International Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1963\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e New World Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.50w x 0.37d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780717800568","brand":"International Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44348850897033,"sku":"9780717800568","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_a8e58b77-e30a-4b75-9b28-4b508477c371.jpg?v=1750800765","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-18th-brumaire-of-louis-bonaparte-9780717800568","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}