The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte by Karl Marx
"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 |
| Most Recently Updated | Apr 19, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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