A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism
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"A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism" (German: Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa — das Gespenst des Kommunismus) is the incipit from the The Communist Manifesto. It has become a a catch phrase.
See also
- Political slogan
- Maxim
- Hauntology
- Spectre
- Old Europe (politics)
- List of German expressions in English
Works which cite the phrase
- Specters of Marx (1993), a book by French philosopher Jacques Derrida
- A Spectre Is Haunting Texas, a science fiction novel by Fritz Leiber
- The Phantom of Liberty, a 1974 Luis Buñuel film
- Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution (Prokofiev)
- "A specter is haunting the world — the specter of capitalism", Cosmopolis, a 2012 film by David Cronenberg
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