Marx's 'Capital'
Ben Fine, Alfredo Saad-Filho
Prepared from lectures given in the early 1970s Ben Fine & Alfredo Saad-Filho’s little book rapidly became indispensable reading for those new to Marx’s thought during that time of renewed militancy and economic turmoil. Reissued several times since, the book has been lauded by the likes of David Harvey as one of the finest introductions to Marx’s classic critique of political economy. Now, in 2010, and with the spectre of Marx looming over the current economic crisis, Pluto Press has given us this updated fifth edition.
As this is primarily an introductory guide to Capital, the book doesn’t assume any prior knowledge of Marx, and so quite naturally begins just where Marx himself did with the nature of the commodity. The authors provide clear introductions to the concepts of use and exchange value while demonstrating how equivalent exchange is rooted in production according to Marx’s elaboration of the labour theory of value. The historical nature of Marx’s analysis is made clear in the explanations of the role of the division of labour and the rise of the capitalist class. The concept of commodity fetishism is explained primarily through a demonstration of how large scale commodity production in capitalism leads to ‘the relations between people becoming the relations between things’. This is the process of reification, and if the philosophical ramifications are not fully explored here, the material foundations of the concepts are made clear.
As this is primarily an introductory guide to Capital, the book doesn’t assume any prior knowledge of Marx, and so quite naturally begins just where Marx himself did with the nature of the commodity. The authors provide clear introductions to the concepts of use and exchange value while demonstrating how equivalent exchange is rooted in production according to Marx’s elaboration of the labour theory of value. The historical nature of Marx’s analysis is made clear in the explanations of the role of the division of labour and the rise of the capitalist class. The concept of commodity fetishism is explained primarily through a demonstration of how large scale commodity production in capitalism leads to ‘the relations between people becoming the relations between things’. This is the process of reification, and if the philosophical ramifications are not fully explored here, the material foundations of the concepts are made clear.
Năm:
2010
In lần thứ:
Fifth Edition
Nhà xuát bản:
Pluto Press
Ngôn ngữ:
english
Trang:
208
ISBN 10:
0745330169
ISBN 13:
9780745330167
File:
EPUB, 739 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2010
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