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Marx's Das Kapital: A Biography
Francis Wheen
Books That Changed the World
Atlantic Monthly Press
November 2007
On Sale: November 10, 2007
144 pages
ISBN: 0871139707
EAN: 9780871139702
Hardcover
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In this brilliant book, “as gripping and as readable as a
first-rate thriller,” Francis Wheen, author of the most
successful biography of Karl Marx, tells the story of Das
Kapital and Karl Marx’s twenty-year struggle to complete his
unfinished masterpiece. (The Sunday Telegraph) Born in a two
room flat in London’s Soho amid political squabbles and
personal tragedy, the first volume of Das Kapital was
published in 1867, to muted praise. But after Marx’s death,
the book went on to influence thinkers, writers, and
revolutionaries, from George Bernard Shaw to V. I. Lenin,
changing the direction of twentieth century history. In this
“exhilarating read,” Wheen shows that, far from being a dry
economic treatise, Das Kapital is like a vast Gothic novel
whose heroes are enslaved by the monster they created:
capitalism. (The Times, London) Furthermore, Wheen argues,
as long as capitalism endures, Das Kapital demands to be
read and understood.
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