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Informationen zum Autor KARL MARX was a German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, communist, and revolutionary, whose ideas played a significant role in the development of modern communism. Born in Trier, Germany, Marx Studied law and philosophy at University. Due to his political writings, he was forced to live in exile in London, where he continued to develop his thought in collaboration with German thinker Friedrich Engels and publish his writings. His best-known titles are the 1848?pamphlet?The Communist Manifesto?and the three-volume?Das Kapital?(1867-1883). Marx's political and philosophical thought had enormous influence on subsequent intellectual, economic and political history Klappentext The first volume of a political treatise that changed the world One of the most notorious works of modern times, as well as one of the most influential, Capital is an incisive critique of private property and the social relations it generates. Living in exile in England, where this work was largely written, Marx drew on a wide-ranging knowledge of its society to support his analysis and create fresh insights. Arguing that capitalism would cause an ever-increasing division in wealth and welfare, he predicted its abolition and replacement by a system with common ownership of the means of production. Capital rapidly acquired readership among the leaders of social democratic parties, particularly in Russia in Germany, and ultimately throughout the world, to become a work described by Marx friend and collaborator Friedrich Engels as "the Bible of the working class." For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Zusammenfassung Presents a critique of private property and the social relations it generates. This book argues that capitalism would create an ever-increasing division in wealth and welfare, predicting its abolition and replacement by a system with common ownership of the means of production. Inhaltsverzeichnis Capital Introduction by Ernest Mandel Translator's Preface Preface to the First Edition Postface to the Second Edition Preface to the French Edition Postface to the French Edition Preface to the Third Edition (by Engels) Preface to the English Edition (by Engels) Preface to the Fourth Edition (by Engels) BOOK I: THE PROCESS OF PRODUCTION OF CAPITAL Part One: Commodities and Money Chapter 1: The Commodity 1. The Two Factors of the Commodity: Use-Value and Value (Substance of VAlue, Magnitude of Value) 2. The Dual Character of the Labour Embodied in Commodities 3. The Value-Form, or Exchange-Value (a) The Simple, Isolated, or Accidental Form of Value (1) The two poles of the expression of value: the relative form of value and the equivalent form (2) The relative form of value (i) The content of the relative form of value (ii) The quantitative determinacy of the relative form of value (iii) The equivalent form (iv) The simple form of value considered as a whole (b) The Total or Expanded Form of Value (1) The expanded relative form of value (2) The particular equivalent form (3) Defects of the total or expanded form of value (c) The General Form of Value (1) The changed character of the form of value (2) The development of the relative and equivalent forms of value: their interdependence (3) The transition from the general form of value to the money form (d) The Money Form 4. The Fetishism...
