The Communist Manifesto "Manifesto" and its authors experienced a revival in fortunes. Hobsbawm identifies three reasons for this. The first is the leadership role Marx played in the International Workingmen's Association (aka the First International). Secondly, Marx also came into much prominence among socialists—and equal notoriety among the authorities—for his support of the Paris Commune of 1871, elucidated in "The Civil War in France". Lastly, and perhaps most significantly in the popularisation of the "Manifesto", was the treason trial of German Social Democratic Party (SPD) leaders. During the trial prosecutors read the "Manifesto" out loud as evidence; this meant that the pamphlet could
Politics: A Work In Constructive Social Theory be more in keeping with the context-smashing potential of the human imagination; "Social Theory: Its Situation and Its Task", is a "critical introduction" that delves into issues of social science underpinning Unger's project; and "Plasticity Into Power: Comparative-Historical Studies on the Institutional Conditions of Economic and Military Success", is a collection of three historical essays illuminating the theoretical points Unger advanced in the first two volumes. In 1997, an abridged, one-volume edition of "Politics" was issued as "Politics, The Central Texts", edited by Zhiyuan Cui. In "False Necessity", Unger presents both an explanatory theory of society and a program for