Capital - Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1

Marx for the twenty-first centuryThe first new English translation in fifty years-and the only one based on the last German edition revised by Marx himselfFeaturing extensive original commentary, including a foreword by acclaimed political theorist Wendy Brown"An astounding achievement."-China Mieville, author of October: The Story of the Russian RevolutionKarl Marx (1818-1883) was living in exile in England when he embarked on an ambitious, multivolume critique of the capitalist system of production. Though only the first volume saw publication in Marx's lifetime, it would become one of the most consequential books in history. This magnificent new edition of Capital is a translation of Marx for the twenty-first century. It is the first translation into English to be based on the last German edition revised by Marx himself, the only version that can be called authoritative, and it features extensive commentary and annotations by Paul North and Paul Reitter that draw on the latest scholarship and provide invaluable perspective on the book and its complicated legacy. At once precise and boldly readable, this translation captures the momentous scale and sweep of Marx's thought while recovering the elegance and humor of the original source.For Marx, our global economic system is relentlessly driven by "value"-to produce it, capture it, trade it, and, most of all, to increase it. Lifespans are shortened under the demand for ever-greater value. Days are lengthened, work is intensified, and the division of labor deepens until it leaves two classes, owners and workers, in constant struggle for life and livelihood. In Capital, Marx reveals how value came to tyrannize our world, and how the history of capital is a chronicle of bloodshed, colonization, and enslavement.With a foreword by Wendy Brown and an afterword by William Clare Roberts, this is a critical edition of Capital for our time, one that faithfully preserves the vitality and directness of Marx's German prose and renders his ideas newly relevant to modern readers....

Product details

• Authors: Karl Marx
• Assisted by: Paul North (Editor), North Paul (Editor), Wendy Brown (Foreword), Wendy Brown (Foreword), Brown Wendy (Foreword), William Clare Roberts (Afterword), Roberts William Clare (Afterword), Paul Reitter (Editor and translation), Reitter Paul (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.09.2024
• EAN: 9780691190075
• ISBN: 978-0-691-19007-5
• No. of pages: 944
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 240 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Capitalism, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, Economic theory & philosophy, Political Economy, Economic systems & structures, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Marxism & Communism, Economic theory and philosophy