The Eighteenth Brumaire Of Louis Napoleon
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon is a profound political analysis by Karl Marx, dissecting the 1851 coup d'état that brought Louis Napoleon Bonaparte to power. This influential work famously explores how historical events, and their actors, appear twice – "first as tragedy, then as farce" – offering an incisive critique of class struggle, state power, and the complex forces behind the establishment of the French Second Empire. It's a cornerstone text for understanding Marxist theory and 19th-century French history.