Pilling - Marxs Capital

Routledge Revivals

Marxs Capital

This revival of a systematic study by Geoffrey Pilling, originally published in 1980, argues powerfully that, in order to understand Marxs Capital fully, it is necessary to have first read and understood Hegels Logic. This argument leads to a detailed examination of the opening chapters of Capital, and a re-examination of their significance for the work as a whole.

Pilling emphasizes the fundamental nature of the break between Marxs Capital and all forms of classical political economy, and stresses the revolutionary nature of Marxs critique of political economy as one of the foundations of Capital. He also lays particular emphasis on the philosophical aspects of the work, so often neglected by British commentators, and puts forward the view that Marxs notion of fetishism, often looked upon as incidental to his work, is in fact central to his entire critique of political economy.

MarxsCapital

Philosophy and political economy

Geoffrey Pilling

First published in 1980
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1980 Geoffrey Pilling

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Marxs Capital

MarxsCapital

Philosophy and political economy

Geoffrey Pilling

Senior Lecturer in Economics, Middlesex Polytechnic

Routledge & Kegan Paul

London, Boston and Henley

First published in 1980
by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd
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London WC1E 7DD,
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Pilling, Geoffrey
Marxs Capital.
1. Marx, Karl. Kapital, Das
I. Title
335.4 HB501.M37 80 40198

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