Marx’s Capital - An Introductory Reader

Author: Prabhat PatnaikPrasenjit Bose/Several ContributorsTranslator(s)/ Editors(s): Venkatesh Athreya/Jayati Ghosh/R Ramakumar/at al.Publisher: LeftWordYear: 2011Language: EnglishPages: 136ISBN/UPC (if available): 9789380118000 DescriptionThere’s really no escaping it: if you want to understand capitalism, you simply have to read Karl Marx’s Capital.But this is easier said than done. Capital is Marx’s magnum opus — consisting of more than 2,000 pages, over three volumes. It is a masterpiece of analysis, of relentlessly methodical and logical reasoning. So is Capital only for the expert? No. Capital can be read and understood — by beginners as well, provided they are guided into it. Which is exactly what this volume does. Seven leading Marxist scholars lay out the conceptual framework of Capital as well as investigate its various themes in essays written specially for this Reader.Moreover, each of the authors has taken care to not limit him/herself to only preliminary explication of co