Capital (Das Capital): Includes Vol.1,2,3
"Money is the alienated essence of man's labour and life; and this alien essence dominates him as he worships it." Few opening salvos in economic literature hit quite so hard. Karl Marx's Capital is, at its core, a sweeping theoretical attack on the capitalist system, working through commodities, money, surplus labour value, the accumulation of capital, its circulation, and eventually the conversion of surplus value into profit and ground rent. It's dense, ambitious, and frequently brilliant. This complete edition brings together all three volumes under one cover. Marx himself saw only the first volume into print during his lifetime; the remaining two were assembled posthumously by Friedrich Engels, working from Marx's notes. That context alone makes the full text a remarkable artefact. Translated into virtually every major language, Capital has shaped economic and political thought for well over a century, and it continues to attract new readers across the globe. Whether you approach it as history, philosophy, or economic theory, it rewards the effort.
- Author: Karl Marx
- Publisher: Fingerprint! Publishing
- Genre: Economics
- ISBN: 978-8175994140
- Pages: 1392 pages