Before starting Marx’s Capital Volume I, I wanted to better understand some context about Marx and his writing. I started by reading the introduction to the Penguine Classics edition I own, written by Ernest Mandel in 1976. It is striking that this introduction was written before the rapid increase in income inequality starting around the 1980s. Mandel’s insistence on the value and ingenuity of Marx’s analysis rings true in a world in which the social distance between the monolithic “working class” and the “capitalist class,” who have grown far more powerful than they were even in 1976.
Notes on Marx's Capital: Introduction
Notes on Marx's Capital: Introduction
Notes on Marx's Capital: Introduction
Before starting Marx’s Capital Volume I, I wanted to better understand some context about Marx and his writing. I started by reading the introduction to the Penguine Classics edition I own, written by Ernest Mandel in 1976. It is striking that this introduction was written before the rapid increase in income inequality starting around the 1980s. Mandel’s insistence on the value and ingenuity of Marx’s analysis rings true in a world in which the social distance between the monolithic “working class” and the “capitalist class,” who have grown far more powerful than they were even in 1976.