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Reading Capital: The Complete Edition (1965)

by Louis Althusser, Étienne Balibar (Author)

Other authors: Étienne Balibar (Contributor), Roger Establet (Contributor), Pierre Macherey (Contributor), Jacques Rancière (Contributor)

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Series: Reading Capital (Abridged)

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Together with Louis Althusser's book For Marx, Reading Capital represents one of the foundational texts of the school of "structuralist Marxism" which transformed the face of modern philosophy and social theory. Presided over by the magnetic and intellectually coruscating figure of Althusser, the structuralist Marxists attempted no less than an intellectual revolution against dominant interpretations of Marx. Seeking to cleanse Marx of all Hegelian impurities and recast his thought on a rigorously scientific basis, in this work Althusser and one of his most brilliant students and colleagues, Etienne Balibar, subjected Marx's method in Capital, his critique of classical political economy, and the fundamental terms of historical materialism, to searching textual analysis and challenging conceptual reconstruction. Inaugurating a new way of reading Marx that was to prove both intensely stimulating and capable of generating fierce controversy, Reading Capital is a work that cannot be bypassed by anyone interested in Marxism, and in theory more generally, in this century.… (more)
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Althusser, LouisAuthorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Balibar, ÉtienneAuthormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Balibar, ÉtienneContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Establet, RogerContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Macherey, PierreContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rancière, JacquesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Brewster, BenTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Fernbach, DavidTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Oskian, VanghelisTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Rinaldi, RaffaeleTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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This is the abridged version of Reading Capital (Lire le capital), containing only the chapters by Althusser and Balibar. It should not be confused with the original "Complete Edition" of the work containing the additional chapters by Roger Establet, Jacques Rancière and Pierre Macherey.
This is the original or "Complete" edition of Reading Capital (Lire le capital). It should not be merged with the later abridged editions featuring only the chapters by Althusser and Etienne Balibar.
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Together with Louis Althusser's book For Marx, Reading Capital represents one of the foundational texts of the school of "structuralist Marxism" which transformed the face of modern philosophy and social theory. Presided over by the magnetic and intellectually coruscating figure of Althusser, the structuralist Marxists attempted no less than an intellectual revolution against dominant interpretations of Marx. Seeking to cleanse Marx of all Hegelian impurities and recast his thought on a rigorously scientific basis, in this work Althusser and one of his most brilliant students and colleagues, Etienne Balibar, subjected Marx's method in Capital, his critique of classical political economy, and the fundamental terms of historical materialism, to searching textual analysis and challenging conceptual reconstruction. Inaugurating a new way of reading Marx that was to prove both intensely stimulating and capable of generating fierce controversy, Reading Capital is a work that cannot be bypassed by anyone interested in Marxism, and in theory more generally, in this century.

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