About the Book

Das Kapital, Karl Marx's masterwork, is the book that above all others formed the twentieth century. From Kapital sprung the economic and political systems that in our time dominated half the earth and for half a century kept the world on the brink of war. Even today, one billion Chinese remain in the power of the Marxist system. Yet this important and powerful work has been passed over by many readers frustrated by Marx's difficult style and his preoccupation with nineteenth-century events of little relevance to today's reader. Now Serge Levitsky presents a new revised version of this masterpiece, carefully retranslated for the modern reader and abridged to emphasize the political and philosophical core of Marx's work, while trimming away much that is now unimportant. Here then is a fresh and highly readable version of a work whose ideas have influenced the lives of nearly every person alive today.

Product Details

Media: Paperback Book, 356 pages

Language: English

Publisher: Gateway Editions

Edition: Unknown

ISBN-10: 089526711X

Publication Date: Jul. 1st, 1996

ISBN-13: 9780895267115

Dimensions: 5.44 x 8.28 x 0.87 inches

Shipping Weight: 0.70 lbs

• Categories: General History of Philosophy and Philosophy Surveys Communism Socialism