Reading Capital today : Marx after 150 years / edited by Ingo Schmidt and Carlo Fanelli.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schmidt, Ingo, 1964-

Fanelli, Carlo, 1984-

George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883. Kapital--Influence.

Marx, Karl.

Physical Description:

207 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Reading 'Capital' today

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2017.

Summary:

Recent years have seen a surge of interest in Marx's great work Capital. One hundred and fifty years after the book's original publication, are there readings of Capital that can help us find new pathways to progressive or revolutionary change? In this wide-ranging book, leading thinkers reflect on Capital's legacy, its limitations and its continuing relevance, highlighting issues including ecology, gender, race, labour, communism, and imperialism. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Capital and the History of Class Struggle / Ingo Schmidt Schmidt, Ingo 18

2 Capital and the First International / William A. Pelz Pelz, William A. 36

3 Capital and Soviet Communism / Anej Korsika Korsika, Anej 48

4 Capital and the Labour Theory of Value / Prabhat Patnaik Patnaik, Prabhat 64

5 Capital and Gender / Silvia Federici Federici, Silvia 79

6 Capital and its 'Laws of Motion': Determination, Praxis and the Human Science/Natural Science Question / Peter Gose Gose, Peter, Justin Paulson Paulson, Justin 97

7 Capital and the Labour Process / Paul Thompson Thompson, Paul, Chris Smith Smith, Chris 116

8 Capital and Organized Labour / Carlo Fanelli Fanelli, Carlo, Jeff Noonan Noonan, Jeff 138

9 Capital and Ecology / Hannah Holleman Holleman, Hannah 160

10 Imagining Society Beyond Capital / Peter Hudis Hudis, Peter 181.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George R. Fink Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780745399737

0745399738

9780745399713

0745399711

OCLC:

957507902