Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy (Penguin Classics)

Written during the winter of 1857-8, the Grundrisse was considered by Marx to be the first scientific elaboration of communist theory. A collection of seven notebooks on capital and money, it both develops the arguments outlined in the Communist Manifesto (1848) and explores the themes and theses that were to dominate his great later work Capital Here, for the first time, Marx set out his own version of Hegel's dialectics and developed his mature views on labour, surplus value and profit, offering many fresh insights into alienation, automation and the dangers of capitalist society. Yet while the theories in Grundrisse make it a vital precursor to Capital, it also provides invaluable descriptions of Marx's wider-ranging philosophy, making it a unique insight into his beliefs and hopes for the foundation of a communist society. This major translation conveys the clarity and intensity of Marxs original notebooks, while the foreword considers the work in relation to Hegelian philosophy and contemporary socio-political theory. from the back cover Contents......Page 6 Foreword by Martin Nicolaus......Page 8 I......Page 9 II......Page 14 III......Page 25 IV......Page 45 V......Page 53 Note on the Translation......Page 66 Grundrisse......Page 68 Analytical Contents List......Page 70 Introduction: Late August - Mid-September 1857......Page 82 Production, Consumption, Distribution, Exchange (Circulation)......Page 84 NOTEBOOK I: October 1857......Page 114 The Chapter on Money pp. 113-238......Page 116 The Chapter on Capital pp. 239-50......Page 240 SECTION ONE: THE PRODUCTION PROCESS OF CAPITAL pp. 250-401......Page 251 Surplus Value and Profit pp. 376-98......Page 377 SECTION TWO: THE CIRCULATION PROCES OF CAPITAL pp.401-743......Page 75 Surplus Labour or Surplus Value Becomes Surplus Capital pp. 450-58......Page 451 Original Accumulation of Capital pp. 459-71......Page 460 Theories of Surplus Value pp. 549-602......Page 550 SECTION THREE: CAPITAL AS FRUCTIFEROUS. TRANSFORMATIONS OF SURPLUS VALUE INTO PROFIT pp. 745-78......Page 746 MISCELLANEOUS pp. 778-880......Page 779 (1) VALUE (This section to be brought forward) p. 881......Page 882 BASTIAT AND CAREY pp. 883-93......Page 884 Explores the themes and theses that were to dominate Marx's later work "Capital".This work provides an insight into Marx's beliefs and hopes for the foundation of a communist state. The object before us, to begin with, material production.