{"product_id":"9780691190075","title":"Capital","description":"Author: Karl Marx\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780691190075\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 02 Dec 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 944\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarl Marx (18181883) was living in exile in England when he embarked on an ambitious, multivolume critique of the capitalist system of production. Though only the first volume saw publication in Marx's lifetime, it would become one of the most consequential books in history. This magnificent new edition of \u003ci\u003eCapital\u003c\/i\u003e is a translation of Marx for the twenty-first century. It is the first translation into English to be based on the last German edition revised by Marx himself, the only version that can be called authoritative, and it features extensive commentary and annotations by Paul North and Paul Reitter that draw on the latest scholarship and provide invaluable perspective on the book and its complicated legacy. At once precise and boldly readable, this translation captures the momentous scale and sweep of Marx's thought while recovering the elegance and humor of the original source.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Marx, our global economic system is relentlessly driven by \u0026amp;#x27;value\u0026amp;#x27;  to produce it, capture it, trade it, and, most of all, to increase it. Lifespans are shortened under the demand for ever-greater value. Days are lengthened, work is intensified, and the division of labour deepens until it leaves two classes, owners and workers, in constant struggle for life and livelihood. In \u003ci\u003eCapital\u003c\/i\u003e, Marx reveals how value came to tyrannise our world, and how the history of capital is a chronicle of bloodshed, colonisation, and enslavement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a foreword by Wendy Brown and an afterword by William Clare Roberts, this is a critical edition of \u003ci\u003eCapital\u003c\/i\u003e for our time, one that faithfully preserves the vitality and directness of Marx's German prose and renders his ideas newly relevant to modern readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;An astounding achievement.\u0026amp;#x27; China Mieville, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOctober: The Story of the Russian Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46803637502110,"sku":"ADS-9780691190075","price":59.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780691190075.jpg?v=1778205623","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780691190075","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}