![]() ![]() Wheen.presents this splendid reevaluation with great wit and verve. ![]() As gripping and as readable as a first-rate thriller. brilliantly evokes the atmosphere of Victorian Gothic that pervades the pages of Das Kapital. Review Quotes exhilarating read, and a healthy corrective to those brought up to think of Marxs work as rigid and doctrinaire. Furthermore, Wheen argues, as long as capitalism endures, Das Kapital demands to be read and understood. Wheens captivating, accessible book shows that, far from being a dry economic treatise, Das Kapital is like a vast Gothic novel whose heroes are enslaved by the monster they created: capitalism. Lenin, changing the direction of twentieth-century history. But after Marxs death, the book went on to influence thinkers, writers, and revolutionaries, from George Bernard Shaw to V. Born in a two-room flat in Londons Soho amid political squabbles and personal tragedy, the first volume of Das Kapital was published in 1867, to muted praise. Book Synopsis In vivid detail, Francis Wheen tells the story of Das Kapital and Karl Marxs twenty-year struggle to complete his unfinished masterpiece. Chapter 6: The Sale and Purchase of Labor-Power. ![]() About the Book In vivid detail, Wheens captivating, accessible book shows that, far from being a dry economic treatise, Das Kapital is like a vast Gothic novel whose heroes are enslaved by the monster they created: capitalism. Chapter 1: The Commodity (Section one) Chapter 4: The General Formula for Capital. ![]()
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