Imagine Karl Marx as a cartoonist, ready to set the record straight about his much maligned classic, Das Kapital. Impossibly difficult? Not in the least. Hopelessly outdated? Far from it. Though first published in 1867, Capital remains keenly relevant. Society continues to run on investment and profit, labor and technology. And predictions that once might have seemed rash—global economic crisis, societies nearing bankruptcy—are now simply facts. Capital remains the fullest attempt to explain these facts, and Marx's Capital Illustrated brings this attempt to vibrant life, proceeding all the way from the ABCs to the pertinence of Marx's theory of crisis for today's global woes. Fresh, funny, and copiously illustrated, this book is for everyone who wants better insight into Capital and capitalism. Readers of Marx, unite! You have found your starting point.
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This beginners guide to Capital illustrates the key concepts, humour, and immense vitality to be enjoyed in Marx's great work.
Introduction – 1 1. Commodities – 30 2. Products for Use – 34 3. Alienation of Use Value – 37 4. Overproduction – 41 5. Exchange Value – 44 6. Abstract Labour – 47 7. Alienation of Useful Labor – 54 8. Fetishism – 57 9. Money – 64 10. The Accumulation of Capital – 69 11. Labor Power – 86 12. Expropriation – 89 13. A History Lesson – 92 14. The Making of the Working Class – 97 15. Surplus Value – 113 16. The Rate of Surplus Value – 129 17. Labour Power and Class Struggle – 147 18. Abolition of Wage Labour – 162
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"Valuable...in some respects more so than all the interpretations and popularizations I have read." –– C.L.R. James "[Marx's Capital Illustrated] is very, very good, a brilliant exposition and a really creative relationship between image and explanation." –– John Berger
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Promotion targeting left leaning publications like the Nation, Socialist Worker. National drive-time radio tour to include Pacifica Stations. Social media publicity campaign

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781642593211
Publisert
2014-07-04
Utgiver
Vendor
Haymarket Books
Høyde
203 mm
Bredde
139 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
216

Forfatter
Illustratør

Biographical note

David Smith is the editor of a forthcoming English-language volume of Marx's Notes on Global Capitalism and Non-Western Culture for Yale University Press. His publications include articles in many scholarly journals, including Sociological Theory, Rethinking Marxism, The American Psychologist, and Current Perspectives in Social Theory. Phil Evans is a longtime political cartoonist based in England. He has illustrated Marx's Kapital for Beginners and Understanding Economics, among many other books.