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Capital: A Critique of Political Economy (Modern Library Giant: G26) (original 1861; edition 1906)

by Karl Marx, Samuel Moore (Translator), Edward Aveling (Translator), Frederick Engels (Editor), Ernest Untermann (Contributor)

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Few writers have had a more demonstrable impact on the development of the modern world than has Karl Marx (1818-1883). Born in Trier into a middle-class Jewish family in 1818, by the time of his death in London in 1883, Marx claimed a growing international reputation. Of central importance then and later was his book DAS KAPITAL, or, as it is known to English readers, simply CAPITAL. Volume One of CAPITAL was published in Paris in 1867. This was the only volume published during Marx's lifetime and the only to have come directly from his pen. Volume Two, published in 1884, was based on notes Marx left, but written by his friend and collaborator, Friedrich Engels (1820-1895). Readers from the nineteenth century to the present have been captivated by the unmistakable power and urgency of this classic of world literature. Marx's critique of the capitalist system is rife with big themes: his theory of 'surplus value', his discussion of the exploitation of the working class, and his forecast of class conflict on a grand scale. Marx wrote with purpose. As he famously put it, 'Philosophers have previously tried to explain the world, our task is to change it.' With an Introduction by Mark G. Spencer, Brock University, Ontario, Canada. This edition includes both Volumes One and Two. AUTHOR: Karl Heinrich Marx was born into a middle class family in Germany on 5 May 1818 and was the son of a successful lawyer. He would go on to become the most influential socialist thinker of the nineteenth century, and although he did not live to see his ideas carried out in his own lifetime his writings formed the basis for modern communism.… (more)
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Title:Capital: A Critique of Political Economy (Modern Library Giant: G26)
Authors:Karl Marx
Other authors:Samuel Moore (Translator), Edward Aveling (Translator), Frederick Engels (Editor), Ernest Untermann (Contributor)
Info:Modern Library (1906), Edition: Revised, Hardcover, 869 pages
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Rating:****1/2
Tags:Marxism, Economics

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Teaches that Communism is against the nature of the human race and will cause our downfall if ever implemented.
  laibasaleem | Sep 12, 2022 |
Edição 1962, da edição francesa publicada sob auspícios e orientação do próprio Karl Marx
  Rtomiello | Apr 11, 2020 |
There are actually some pretty good, interesting and challenging ideas in what is arguably one of the most important works in history, yet it is far from perfect and there seem to be quite a few flaws, gaps, judgment calls, perhaps an over-emphasis on idealism while neglecting reality or pragmatism, which is what I always felt was its primary weakness. Still, simply to understand why the world changed so radically prior to 1900 through the present, this is the basic place to begin... ( )
  scottcholstad | Jan 19, 2020 |
Reviewed in the March 1929 issue of the Socialist Standard:

http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2017/09/capital-by-karl-marx-review...
  Impossibilist | Sep 30, 2017 |
Interesting work which leaves the reader with much to think about.
  ErinBradley | Mar 30, 2013 |
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Salter, GeorgCover designersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Untermann, ErnestEditorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Few writers have had a more demonstrable impact on the development of the modern world than has Karl Marx (1818-1883). Born in Trier into a middle-class Jewish family in 1818, by the time of his death in London in 1883, Marx claimed a growing international reputation. Of central importance then and later was his book DAS KAPITAL, or, as it is known to English readers, simply CAPITAL. Volume One of CAPITAL was published in Paris in 1867. This was the only volume published during Marx's lifetime and the only to have come directly from his pen. Volume Two, published in 1884, was based on notes Marx left, but written by his friend and collaborator, Friedrich Engels (1820-1895). Readers from the nineteenth century to the present have been captivated by the unmistakable power and urgency of this classic of world literature. Marx's critique of the capitalist system is rife with big themes: his theory of 'surplus value', his discussion of the exploitation of the working class, and his forecast of class conflict on a grand scale. Marx wrote with purpose. As he famously put it, 'Philosophers have previously tried to explain the world, our task is to change it.' With an Introduction by Mark G. Spencer, Brock University, Ontario, Canada. This edition includes both Volumes One and Two. AUTHOR: Karl Heinrich Marx was born into a middle class family in Germany on 5 May 1818 and was the son of a successful lawyer. He would go on to become the most influential socialist thinker of the nineteenth century, and although he did not live to see his ideas carried out in his own lifetime his writings formed the basis for modern communism.

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