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The making of Marx's 'Capital'

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Rosdolsky's Making of Marx's 'Capital' is a major work of interpretation and criticism, written over fifteen years by one of the foremost representatives of the European marxist tradition. Rosdolsky investigates the relationship between various versions of Capital and explains the reasons for Marx's sucessive reworkings; he provides a textual exegesis of Marx's Grundrisse, now widely available, and reveals its methodological riches. He presents a critique of later work in the marxist tradition on the basis of Marx's fundamental distinction between 'capital in general' and 'capital in conrete reality.' The Making of Marx's Capital' was first published in 1968 as Zur Enstehungsgeschichte des Marx'schen 'Kapital'. 'The single best exegesis on Marx's Capital that I have ever read ...the tone is firm, completely undogmatic and wonderfully lucid.' Robert Heilbroner, New York Review of Books

581 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1974

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April 3, 2025
Xuli. L'he llegit de forma fragmentària i he perdut una mica la noció d'unitat del llibre, però en general m'ha agradat. És MOLT exhaustiu. Per bo i per dolent (no fa falta citar fragments de pàgina i mitja ni emplenar més els peus de pàgina que la pàgina mateixa). El llibre mostra com tota l'obra de Marx (especialment El Capital) es transforma en mirar-la a través dels Grundrisse. Aprofundeix en el Grundrisse i en El Capital i en les recepcions de Marx (ojo amb els annexes que són molt bons!).

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46 reviews1 follower
March 24, 2025
I feel like I only grasped 40% of this, which isn't terrible, considering I have not read the Rough Draft before and only read Vol I last year. Will be coming back to this in the future.
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January 8, 2026
Juntamente com o livro do Rubin, é também um dos mais importantes e essenciais para se entender O Capital. É grandinho, mas sem dúvida vale a pena ler antes de ir para o livro do Marx em si.

Além disso, ponto extra por rebater diretamente as baboseiras stalinistas e da ciência positiva ditas sobre Marx.
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October 18, 2016
Hay una paradoja en el pensamiento de Marx que puede ser particularmente ilustrativa para resolver los problemas que enfrentamos. En sus borradores sobre el esquema del Capital, Marx planeó tres volúmenes que nunca fueron escritos: uno sobre el salario, un segundo sobre el Estado, y un tercero sobre el mercado mundial.

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