A manifesto can be a statement of purpose.
From the Latin manifestus , a manifesto is a document or writing through which a declaration of purposes or doctrines is made public. Manifestos usually appear in the field of politics or art .
The political manifesto disseminates strategies and objectives of parties or leaders. It is common for it to be presented before the elections, with the aim of seducing voters with what the candidate plans to do. The Communist Manifesto , written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels , is one of the most widespread political treatises in history. It was first published in 1848 .
History of the Communist Manifesto
At the beginning, it was created as a program by a group of workers called the “League of Communists” who wanted to fight to improve their conditions and those of all the people who were in the same social stratum. The pressures, censorship and political regimes of that time led them to be underground, from which they carried out the activities they could in favor of job improvement and freedom.
Among the principles that support this Communist Manifesto, we should highlight the struggle of the classes that are exploited, the formation of a socio-economic character and also a primacy of the proletariat. The latter meant, therefore, ending the bourgeois classes and the social classes in general.
Karl Marx is one of the authors of the Communist Manifesto.
United States Declaration of Independence
However, there is another manifesto of a political nature that has great historical and social value. We are referring to the Declaration of Independence of the United States, which has become one of the most valuable documents in contemporary history and a great advance since it included fundamental rights such as freedom.
In 1776, it, which also advocated equality, established that the United States would become independent from England, betting on a democratic regime for the country.
Manifesto in art
As for art, the manifesto usually appears in the avant-garde as a vindication of the new style or movement. These manifestos make clear what mobilizes artists and lays the foundation for the development of a school or doctrine.
These manifestos can be writings (such as the Futurist Manifesto ) or works that symbolize what the movement proposes (such as Les Demoiselles d'Avignon by the cubist Pablo Picasso ).
Other uses of the term
Another type of document known as a manifest is the document presented by the captain of a ship when it arrives at customs from abroad. In said text, it explains the type, quantity and destination of the merchandise it carries.
In addition to everything stated above, we would have to highlight the existence of an expression that uses the term in question. This is the verbal phrase “to make manifest.” What is intended to be expressed with it is that a specific issue has been made public.
Something manifest, on the other hand, is that which is revealed or that is clear and evident . For example: “With his statements, the player made clear his disagreement with the coach for the tactical approach of the game,” “The fall of the roof revealed the school's carelessness,” “The president's animosity with the governor is manifests.”