Capital, Vol. 1: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production
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Summary
Capital， one of Marx's major and most influential works， was the product of thirty years close study of the capitalist mode of production in England， the most advanced industrial society of his day。 This new translation of Volume One， the only volume to be completed and edited by Marx himself， avoids some of the mistakes that have marred earlier versions and seeks to do justice to the literary qualities of the work。 The introduction is by Ernest Mandel， author of Late Capitalism， one of the only comprehensive attempts to develop the theoretical legacy of Capital。
Reviews
Christopher Waller
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CRAPitalism
Andrea
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C'è voluta la pandemia per farmelo leggere。 L'alternativa era imparare a panificare， ma poiché volevo anche le rose penso di aver fatto la scelta più azzecata。 C'è voluta la pandemia per farmelo leggere。 L'alternativa era imparare a panificare， ma poiché volevo anche le rose penso di aver fatto la scelta più azzecata。 。。。more
Catherine Ahmadi
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🕳🏃♀️
Dean
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This is one of those great books that takes feelings and intuitions you’ve had your whole life and explains them better than you ever could have。 These kind of books also can be ones that you put off reading forever because they are so ingrained in our culture that they can seem obvious。 In my experience， it’s usually worth going back to read that kind of book， as I’m often surprised at how vibrant is the spark of genius that made it a classic in the first place。 If you want to be cliché， you ca This is one of those great books that takes feelings and intuitions you’ve had your whole life and explains them better than you ever could have。 These kind of books also can be ones that you put off reading forever because they are so ingrained in our culture that they can seem obvious。 In my experience， it’s usually worth going back to read that kind of book， as I’m often surprised at how vibrant is the spark of genius that made it a classic in the first place。 If you want to be cliché， you can criticize this book for being boring or pedantic， but I think that would be underestimating the task that Marx is undertaking。 Sure there are parts that are dry， but Marx is encouraging us to look at society from a granular level。 After all， many of the concepts he is critiquing or outright refuting are taught to most of us when we are still children。 What is money？ What is a job？ Why are some people rich and some people poor？ If a child asks you this you may be tempted to fall back on some hollow explanation， or even just pat them on the head and say “that’s just how it is”。 Of course what makes Marx a visionary is he isn’t content with either of these options。 You can see why Marx would feel compelled to flesh out his ideas with mathematical formulas and endless examples; he knew that his critics would come at him exactly with this kind of ammunition。 And yet the most compelling parts of this book are the simple concepts that make you think， why did I never see it that way before？ If you get through the first few hundreds pages of him explaining what is a commodity， you will realize it boils down to this: money is a physical representation of a relationship between people， no more no less。 Therefore the price of a given thing is based upon how much time was needed to bring that thing into existence， spent by a person or group of people with which you are conjugating a relationship of exchange。 As simple as this sounds， it’s a bolt from the blue in a world where we are actively encouraged to forget what money really is。 A classic stoner thought is “money isn’t even real”。 Of course it is， but it’s definitely not what we’ve all grown up assuming it is。 This is just one example of many simple observations in this book that made it so revolutionary。Another thing to know， is that Marx’s writing is actually full of personality， and sometimes even deigns to a kind of hyperdroll black humor。 You can feel his incredulity as he lays out how the capitalist class has （and will） pushed humanity into a new kind of hell， as if he too is shocked and appalled by what he is writing。 Some readers may complain that his many examples of contemporaneous abuses by the capitalist class are out of date， but I’d encourage the reader to follow these threads to the present day。 We no longer have child labor in the west， but one of capitalism’s strongest points is it’s ability to absorb criticism into itself and find ways to continue making profits。 Marx is once again ahead of the curve in having little hope that “regulation” with have any real effect on the real situation。 We live in a world now where capitalist abuses are on going， they are just covered with a thick film of what passes for “decency”。 。。。more
Joseph Casterton
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This mf spittin
Élie
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Marxism is cringe but Marx himself is cool 😎
Alistair
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In progress。 Hope to get a medal afterwards :PContentsIntroduction by Ernest Mandel - 11Book I: The Process of Production of CapitalPart 1 : Commodities and MoneyChapter 1: The CommodityChapter 2: The Process of Exchange - 178Chapter 3:Part Two: The Transformation of Money into CapitalChapter 4:Chapter 5: Chapter 6:Part Three: The Production of Absolute Surplus-ValueChapter 7:Chapter 8:Chapter 9:Chapter 10:Chapter 11:Part Four:Chapter 12:Chapter 13:Chapter 14:Chapter 15:Part Five:Chapter 16:Chap In progress。 Hope to get a medal afterwards :PContentsIntroduction by Ernest Mandel - 11Book I: The Process of Production of CapitalPart 1 : Commodities and MoneyChapter 1: The CommodityChapter 2: The Process of Exchange - 178Chapter 3:Part Two: The Transformation of Money into CapitalChapter 4:Chapter 5: Chapter 6:Part Three: The Production of Absolute Surplus-ValueChapter 7:Chapter 8:Chapter 9:Chapter 10:Chapter 11:Part Four:Chapter 12:Chapter 13:Chapter 14:Chapter 15:Part Five:Chapter 16:Chapter 17:Chapter 18:Part Six: WagesChapter 19:Chapter 20:Chapter 21:Chapter 22:Part Seven:Chapter 23:Chapter 24:Chapter 25:Part Eight: So-called Primitive AccumulationChapter 26:Chapter 27:Chapter 28:Chapter 29:Chapter 30:Chapter 31:Chapter 32:Chapter 33: The Modern Theory of Colonization - 931AppendixChronology of Works by Marx and Engels 1138 。。。more
Micah
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If I were trying to write a book that would convince a broad swath of society to turn against capitalism， I would simply not make it 900 pages long。
Byron Flores
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Lo leí como parte del programa universitario y aunque no estoy de acuerdo en muchas partes con el autor， creo importante conocer esta teoría economía。
Briandooley
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He has a lot of great quotes and observations about society but you've to read through a lot of writing in circles to get there。 He has a lot of great quotes and observations about society but you've to read through a lot of writing in circles to get there。 。。。more
Simran Kaur
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Fundamentally changed how I understand the world。 Wish he had a good editor though
Maria
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hola pues estoy escribiendo esto por la tercera vez pq esto se me sigue deleting vamos que uffffdecidi finalmente leer las fat 1100 paginas como recomendacion de tom el annoying comunista de mi clase， en plan como texto principal que me ayudaria a entender las ideas y posiblemete cambiear mi opinion negativa de la ideologia。puedo apreciar la significacia del texto y supongo lo que era una de las primeras ideas lefties de su tiempo， en lo que los paises capitalistas se basaban en laissez faire y hola pues estoy escribiendo esto por la tercera vez pq esto se me sigue deleting vamos que uffffdecidi finalmente leer las fat 1100 paginas como recomendacion de tom el annoying comunista de mi clase， en plan como texto principal que me ayudaria a entender las ideas y posiblemete cambiear mi opinion negativa de la ideologia。puedo apreciar la significacia del texto y supongo lo que era una de las primeras ideas lefties de su tiempo， en lo que los paises capitalistas se basaban en laissez faire y dejar a los capitalistas a exploit a los working classes， quitando las tierras de los peasants y haciendoles dependientes del empleo para apenas sobrevivir。 me gusto todo el analisis del surplus value y del productive worker y de como los capitalistas pueden nada mas funcionar en society con minimo trabajo increasing su fortuna exploitando al desgraciado como diria el abuelo。 hay que decir que me hizo pensar y ha eso lo agradezco aunque estaba escrito muy dense y con lo que yo creo era bastante repeticionaun eso， me faltaba la discusion de porque el comunismo es la respuesta a todos los errors del capitalismo。 y me falto la discusion yo creo de los improvements del capitalismo a otros sistemas， donde los resources de la naturaleza son distribuidos donde es mas necesario y como forma de creo nuevas tecnologias。 nvm creo que si que dijo esto pero vestido en el unique goal del capitalist to gain un profit temporary sobre los competidores。ademas en el contexto moderno， esto no creo que fue material para cambiar mucho mi opinion。 yo que de mi beginner opinion ahora mismo yo creo que seria mejor trabajar dentro del sistema para introducir regulaciones como el salario minimo y limites de horas del trabajo， o de las condiciones de tanto las casas y fabricas y oficinas， ademas de dando servicios del gobierno como la educacion publica y servicios de salud。 creo que me movere a piketty como faboyea el abuelo， para vez los metodos que en su opinion se puede hacer y tendre que leer mas material sobre si el comunismo es una mejor solucion que esto。 。。。more
Sofia
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Não li tudo （óbvio） mas ele não ajudou em nada， escreveu como se não quisesse que ninguém entendesse。 Deus eh mais。
Nata Lia
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this was an Undertaking。 for anyone trying to take this on， use as many study materials as you can。 i can't recommend this resource enough: https://liberationschool。org/capital-。。。 also， make sure to constantly try to situate marx's analysis into your real life。 capitalism is a system that still exists today （obv）， so try and figure out in what ways it has changed since the mid-19th century， and in what ways it really hasn't。 i found that doing this， along with talking about this book constantly this was an Undertaking。 for anyone trying to take this on， use as many study materials as you can。 i can't recommend this resource enough: https://liberationschool。org/capital-。。。 also， make sure to constantly try to situate marx's analysis into your real life。 capitalism is a system that still exists today （obv）， so try and figure out in what ways it has changed since the mid-19th century， and in what ways it really hasn't。 i found that doing this， along with talking about this book constantly to anyone who would listen， really helped。 once you get through the more abstract first 3 chapters， the book becomes less of something to wrestle with and more of a tool to be able to better analyze the system that we're dealing with daily。 （still pretty hard tho。）onto vol。 2！ 。。。more
Amici Nybråten
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To the modern reader this books spends a lot of time discussing historical facts that are less relevant to our times。 In general reading it is a bit of a marathon， not because it's difficult， but because it's so big。 However it's a rich book with lots to offer the reader - if they're able to separate the less useful from the useful pieces of the text。 To the modern reader this books spends a lot of time discussing historical facts that are less relevant to our times。 In general reading it is a bit of a marathon， not because it's difficult， but because it's so big。 However it's a rich book with lots to offer the reader - if they're able to separate the less useful from the useful pieces of the text。 。。。more
Lerele
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[1867] Uno， esto es casi imposible de leer。 Dos， ficción mala。 Tres， comunismo jajaja。
Paige McLoughlin
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I listened to a free audiobook version of Capital vol。1。 I was paying close attention early on but my attention drifted in or out in later parts。 I understand what Marx's main point is with the labor theory of value and surplus labor time and the reserve army of unemployed and so on。 My boy Karl does beat a dead horse with his point in this book damn I am not too ADHD I used to watch marathon sessions of C-span but Capital pushes my fairly robust attention span to the limits。 I also understand t I listened to a free audiobook version of Capital vol。1。 I was paying close attention early on but my attention drifted in or out in later parts。 I understand what Marx's main point is with the labor theory of value and surplus labor time and the reserve army of unemployed and so on。 My boy Karl does beat a dead horse with his point in this book damn I am not too ADHD I used to watch marathon sessions of C-span but Capital pushes my fairly robust attention span to the limits。 I also understand the competing ideas of Marginalists （declining marginal utility） vs。 Labor theory of value。 Honestly， I don't think one model is 100% for the theory of value but I tend to think the labor theory of value is closer to what is going on in an economy。 I tend to think Business owners tend to think in such terms of Marxian exploitation of surplus labor time and spend a lot of time trying to keep wages down since wages tend to be one of the biggest expenses of a business。 So the business press seems to talk like vulgar Marxists （only inverted in their goals） I mean look at the wall street journal outside of its editorial page， maybe workers should look into Marxism to get a better handle on their situation。 Anyway， I will recommend here a book that updates Marx for the 21st Century which is Anwar Shaikh's Capitalism （competition， conflict， crisis） he updates Marx with 150 years of newer empirical data and Marx outperforms both the neoclassical and Keynesian models。 It is also a huge tome but easier to digest because it is a more modern economics textbook format。 。。。more
Joel Thomson
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Really long， really hard， really depressing。 Highly recommend。
Ally Light
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Last time my behind was this kicked by a book was Caro's the Power Broker。 My family literally applauded me for finishing it， mostly because the closure takes them away from the misery of me talking about how wonderfully brilliant and naively stupid at the same time Marx is。So why do I， spent 7 months to agonize over this 1000+ pages of book， which by the way was so obviously translated from German for its god awful dense text， instead of dwell with the conclusive Wikipedia definition of the boo Last time my behind was this kicked by a book was Caro's the Power Broker。 My family literally applauded me for finishing it， mostly because the closure takes them away from the misery of me talking about how wonderfully brilliant and naively stupid at the same time Marx is。So why do I， spent 7 months to agonize over this 1000+ pages of book， which by the way was so obviously translated from German for its god awful dense text， instead of dwell with the conclusive Wikipedia definition of the book？Honestly， outside of the thrill of finishing another 1000+ pages of book， I have really searched my soul when I heard some rando casually executed the word "Capitalism" or "Marxism"。 I literally have a knee-jerking reaction when I hear it- do they， or do I， really understand this word at all？I am not going to tell anyone my particular political opinions on what I think of this book， but rather， here are a few things I learned:1。 Marx had never set his foot in manufacturing settings。 He should really shut the f up sometimes for things he never did （and it is really hard to forgive him for he was born in an affluent family）2。 To thank Marx， you should read Das Kapital ONLY during work hour。 Each minute you spend less on work stuff is a way to meekly anti-capitalism3。 Constantly swing on my moral scale whether I should feel ashamed for fitting into le petite bourgeoisie or seek to better exploit my surroundings by devoting my energy to further accumulate surplus to my companyI now really look forward to read Capital in the Twenty-First Century， and frankly I realized how much of my reading is revolving around his ideology。 Marx is such a monumental figure， while I can't agree with everything he says， nor can I claim that I understood every bits he wrote， I have to admit that now I can't shake his point of view away when I attempt to analyze how the world works any more。 This is a book that makes you really need a party to celebrate after reading， all jokes aside。But seriously though， someone edit his damn work。 I swear if you started with telling me how evil Brits are I would totally be in right there！ 。。。more
Pablo
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Terminaba las últimas páginas de este libro， mientras realizaban el conteo de votos del proceso constituyente en mi país， en el cual la izquierda superó a los sectores de derecha y centro。 Resulta difícil hacer una reseña de un libro como este， es un libro muy amplio， tanto en páginas， como en conceptos， interpretaciones y temas。 El libro es， esencialmente， de economía， pero no es puramente económico， aunque es lo principal。 Advierto esto para el que busca cuestiones de antropología， sociología， Terminaba las últimas páginas de este libro， mientras realizaban el conteo de votos del proceso constituyente en mi país， en el cual la izquierda superó a los sectores de derecha y centro。 Resulta difícil hacer una reseña de un libro como este， es un libro muy amplio， tanto en páginas， como en conceptos， interpretaciones y temas。 El libro es， esencialmente， de economía， pero no es puramente económico， aunque es lo principal。 Advierto esto para el que busca cuestiones de antropología， sociología， filosofía o historia。 También tiene lo anterior， pero la economía es lo principal y la mayoría de las referencias es a economistas。 El libro es difícil， en parte porque lo que propone Marx es complejo， y también porque parece que a Marx le faltó un editor。 Hay conceptos en los que Marx se da muchas vueltas para llegar a un punto， también reiteras cosas casi de forma majadera。 Por suerte suele hacer recapitulaciones para dejar en claro algunos puntos que deja medio a oscuras。 La prosa de Marx es muy versátil， pasa de momentos extremadamente tediosos， donde uno entiende porque es un libro más referenciado que leído， y dan ganas de tirar el libro por la ventana。。。 hasta momentos brillantes como los del Manifiesto Comunista o 18 Brumario， que se leen rápido y dan ganas de salir a tomarse el palacio de invierno。 Como conclusión， creo que es un libro mucho más rico en contenido e interpretaciones de lo que las izquierdas más dogmáticas y ortodoxas han intentado hacer con él。 En ciertos puntos está obsoletos， pero muchos en muchos otros esta más vigente que en su propio tiempo。 。。。more
Mario Ramirez-Arrazola
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boring
Marcus Dovigi
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I didn't think I'd laugh so much reading this （in a good way）， he has a good sense of humor and loves making fun of geezers like John Stuart Mill I didn't think I'd laugh so much reading this （in a good way）， he has a good sense of humor and loves making fun of geezers like John Stuart Mill 。。。more
alvla
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"La transformación de la propiedad privada dispersa， basada en el trabajo personal de los individuos， en propiedad capitalista es， naturalmente， un proceso muchísimo más lento， más duro y más difícil que la transformación de la propiedad capitalista， basada ya， realmente， en métodos sociales de producción， en propiedad social。 Allí se trataba de la expropiación de las masas populares por unos pocos expropiadores， aquí se trata de la expropiación de unos pocos expropiadores por las masas populare "La transformación de la propiedad privada dispersa， basada en el trabajo personal de los individuos， en propiedad capitalista es， naturalmente， un proceso muchísimo más lento， más duro y más difícil que la transformación de la propiedad capitalista， basada ya， realmente， en métodos sociales de producción， en propiedad social。 Allí se trataba de la expropiación de las masas populares por unos pocos expropiadores， aquí se trata de la expropiación de unos pocos expropiadores por las masas populares"。☭ 。。。more
Tanroop
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"If money。。。comes into the world with a congenital blood-stain on one cheek， capital comes dripping from head to toe， from every pore， with blood and dirt。" Simultaneously one of the most difficult and rewarding books I have ever read， Karl Marx's Capital， Vol。 1 is rightfully held in high esteem。 In many ways， it defies categorization。 Is it a critique of bourgeois economics？ A history of capitalism？ An analysis of the degradations of industrial life in mid-1800s Britain？ It is all of these thi "If money。。。comes into the world with a congenital blood-stain on one cheek， capital comes dripping from head to toe， from every pore， with blood and dirt。" Simultaneously one of the most difficult and rewarding books I have ever read， Karl Marx's Capital， Vol。 1 is rightfully held in high esteem。 In many ways， it defies categorization。 Is it a critique of bourgeois economics？ A history of capitalism？ An analysis of the degradations of industrial life in mid-1800s Britain？ It is all of these things in part， and Marx executes all of these varied tasks really well。 As a whole， those constituent parts form what is one of the most influential books in modern history， and still perhaps the most incisive critique of the socio-economic system that looms large over us all。 I'm not really qualified to judge the finer details of Marx's economic theories， and I'm still new to political economy as a whole。 （That， and the length of time I took to read this book is why I haven't given it a star rating， but rest assured it would be a high one。） However， I found his analysis incredibly enlightening。 When he described the laws that govern capitalist production and the tendencies of the capitalist class， I couldn't help but see it all at work around me。 If Capital feels timeless， it is because Marx identified key aspects of capitalism that are still extant， sometimes in modified forms， today。 As he writes， "the intimate connection between the pangs of hunger suffered by the most industrious layers of the working class， and the extravagant consumption， coarse or refined， of the rich， for which capitalist accumulation is the basis， is only uncovered when the economic laws are known。"One of the most important contributions here， in my view， is the fact that Marx shows the historically contingent nature of the capitalist mode of production。 There was a world before capitalism and， surely， there will be a world after it; Marx seeks to remind the reader， over and over， that things were not always this way。 They don't have to continue to be this way， either。 This book is a towering achievement， and has influenced the world in so many ways since it was first published。 Long may it continue。 。。。more
L
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More like Das Krapital lolVery glad I read it and pushed through the first few chapters， which were really dense and difficult。 Was dry at times but I really took a lot out of it。 Marx's attitude in some of the footnotes was greatly appreciated too。 I think it's really helped me flesh out an understanding of a lot of lefty talking points and understand the theoretical basis of them。 Will continue the series for sure！ Though maybe some easier reading first。 Definitely wanna read some more contemp More like Das Krapital lolVery glad I read it and pushed through the first few chapters， which were really dense and difficult。 Was dry at times but I really took a lot out of it。 Marx's attitude in some of the footnotes was greatly appreciated too。 I think it's really helped me flesh out an understanding of a lot of lefty talking points and understand the theoretical basis of them。 Will continue the series for sure！ Though maybe some easier reading first。 Definitely wanna read some more contemporary theory before returning to the 19th century。 Also opinion seems slightly mixed about the penguin edition but IT SMELLS SO GOOD 。。。more
Zach
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read it， idiots。
Meihan Liu
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Read it as part of the coursework。 What a great mind Marx had。 What an eloquent and compassionate analysis of the capitalistic mode of production。 What a relevant book to the world today when capitalism is no longer in its heyday。
Talya
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Kinda boring， sometimes seems very irrelevant。 If you wanna know more about Marx or contemporary Marxist theory that actually relates to our current issues there’s probably some better books or video essays out there。
Gerry
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A bit of a struggle to come to terms with but worth it in the end
andrew
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