Few writers have had a more demonstrable impact on the development of
the modern world than has Karl Marx (1818-1883). Born in Trier into a
middle-class Jewish family in 1818, by the time of his death in London
in 1883, Marx claimed a growing international reputation. Of central
importance then and later was his book Das Kapital, or, as it is known
to English readers, simply Capital.
Volume One of Capital was
published in Paris in 1867. This was the only volume published during
Marx's lifetime and the only to have come directly from his pen. Volume
Two, published in 1884, was based on notes Marx left, but written by his
friend and collaborator, Friedrich Engels (1820-1895).
Readers
from the nineteenth century to the present have been captivated by the
unmistakable power and urgency of this classic of world literature.
Marx's critique of the capitalist system is rife with big themes: his
theory of `surplus value', his discussion of the exploitation of the
working class, and his forecast of class conflict on a grand scale. Marx
wrote with purpose.
As he famously put it, `Philosophers have previously tried to explain the world, our task is to change it.'
Capital : Volumes One and Two - Karl Marx
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