Written after Louis-Napoleon’s coup, the analysis traced how class alliances, rural politics, and the state enabled authoritarian rule. Marx treated political outcomes as shaped by inherited...
Marx analyzed the 1851 coup in France, showing how class alliances, political institutions, and state power shaped authoritarian rule. The work turned recent political defeat into a method for...
Marx’s long polemic answered accusations by Carl Vogt and exposed factional conflict among European exiles. The book demonstrates how political movements were shaped by journalism, personal...
