Reading Capital
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| Authors | Louis Althusser, Étienne Balibar, Roger Establet, Jacques Rancière, Pierre Macherey |
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| Original title | Lire le Capital |
| Translator | Ben Brewster |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Subject | Capital: Critique of Political Economy |
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Reading Capital (French: Lire le Capital) is a 1965 work of Marxist philosophy by Louis Althusser, Étienne Balibar, Roger Establet, Jacques Rancière, and Pierre Macherey.
Summary
Althusser and his co-writers attempt to analyse Marx's Capital: Critique of Political Economy in a scientific manner, and give an account of its underlying philosophy.[1]
Reception
The book caused a sensation in French intellectual circles, and attracted a large international readership.[2] The abridged English translation, which includes only Althusser and Balibar's contributions,[3] was published in 1970, and helped shape the development of Marxist thought in the English-speaking world throughout the 1970s.[2]
References
- ↑ McLellan, David (1995). The Thought of Karl Marx: An Introduction. London: Papermac. p. 264. ISBN 0-333-63948-0.
- 1 2 Levine, Andrew (1999). Audi, Robert, ed. The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 23. ISBN 0-521-63722-8.
- ↑ Scruton, Roger (1985). Thinkers of the New Left. Harlow: Longman Group Limited. p. 218. ISBN 0-582-90273-8.
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