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Informationen zum Autor John Weeks has been listening to stories all his life. As a child, he loved to hear his grandfather's tales. In adulthood, a career in social work had him listening to people sharing the stories of their lives. He studied Classics and English at Oxford University and has a master's degree in Shakespeare Studies from Stratford's Shakespeare Institute. He and his wife live in a small village in the Shropshire countryside. Klappentext Professor Weeks proposes that the key to Marx's critique of capitalist society is the labor theory of value. A commodity-producing society, he argues, necessarily gives rise to a capitalist society, so that commodity production and the exploitation of labor are inseparably linked.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Zusammenfassung Professor Weeks proposes that the key to Marx's critique of capitalist society is the labor theory of value. A commodity-producing society! he argues! necessarily gives rise to a capitalist society! so that commodity production and the exploitation of labor are inseparably linked. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. ...
