Grundrisse
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Karl Marx
Written during the winter of 1857-8, the Grundrisse was considered by Marx to be the first scientific elaboration of communist theory. A collection of seven notebooks on capital and money, it both develops the arguments outlined in the Communist Manifesto (1848) and explores the themes and theses that were to dominate his great later work Capital. Here, for the first time, Marx set out his own version of Hegel's dialectics and developed his mature views on labour, surplus value and profit, offering many fresh insights into alienation, automation and the dangers of capitalist society. Yet while the theories in Grundrisse make it a vital precursor to Capital, it also provides invaluable descriptions of Marx's wider-ranging philosophy, making it a unique insight into his beliefs and hopes for the foundation of a communist state.
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Author
Karl Marx
Pages
912
Publisher
Penguin UK
Published Date
2005-11-24
ISBN
0141194030 9780141194035
Ratings
Google: 5
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"This is such a challenging work (I read it in conjunction with Antonio Negri's Marx Beyond Marx, which added a lot) because it is literally where Marx worked out his ideas. It can be read without resorting to ideology, and should be if you want to explore this extraordinary mind at work. He's wrong a lot when it comes to solutions, but his critique of political economy is often powerful and useful."
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Mitch Ratcliffe