资源描述：
《Harvey， David_2010_communist manifesto introduction.PDF》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库。
1、INTRODUCTIONDavidHarveyTheCommunistManifestoof1848isanextraordinarydocument,fullofinsights,richinmeaningsandburstingwithpoliticalpossibilities.Millionsofpeopleallaroundtheworldpeasants,workers,soldiers,intellectualsaswellasprofessionalsofallsortshave,overth
2、eyears,beentouchedandinspiredbyit.Notonlydiditrenderthedynamicpolitical-economicworldofcapitalismmorereadilyunderstandable,itmovedmillionsfromallwalksoflifetoparticipateactivelyinthelong,difficultandseeminglyendlesspoliticalstruggletoalterthepathofhistory,to
3、maketheworldabetterplacethroughtheircollectiveendeavours.Butwhyre-publishtheManifestonow?Doesitsrhetoricstillworktheoldmagicitoncedid?Inwhatwayscanthisvoicefromthepastspeaktousnow?Doesitssirencalltoengageinclassstrugglestillmakesense?Whilewemaynothavetherig
4、ht,asMarxandEngelswroteintheirPrefacetothe1872edition,toalterwhathadevenbythenbecomeakeyhistoricaldocument,wedohaveboththerightandthepoliticalobligationtoreflectuponandifnecessaryre-interpretitsmeanings,1Marx&Engels01chaps12/7/0814:37:462THECOMMUNISTMANIFEST
5、Otointerrogateitsproposals,and,aboveall,toactupontheinsightswederivefromit.Ofcourse,asMarxandEngelswarn,thepracticalapplicationoftheprincipleswilldependastheManifestoitselfstateseverywhereandatalltimes,onthehistorical(and,Iwouldadd,geographical)conditionsfo
6、rthetime-beingexisting.Wearecertainlynow,asof2008,inthemidstofoneofthoseperiodiccommercialcrisesthatputontrial,astheManifestonotes,eachtimemorethreateningly,theexistenceoftheentirebourgeoissociety.Andfoodriotsarebreakingoutallover,particularlyinmanypoorerna
7、tions,asfoodpricesriseuncontrollably.Soconditionsseempropitiousforare-evaluationoftheManifestosrelevance.Interestingly,oneofitsmodestproposalsforreformthecentralisationofcreditinthehandsofthestateseemstobewellonthewaytorealisation,thankstothecollectiveactio
8、nsoftheUSFederalReserve,theEuropeanCentralBankandthecentralbanksoftheotherleadingcapitalistpowersinbailingouttheworldsfinancialsystem(theBritishendedupnationalisingtheirleadingailingbank,NorthernRock).
