{"product_id":"a-companion-to-marxs-grundrisse-paperback","title":"A Companion to Marx's Grundrisse - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Harvey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Harvey tackles Marx's notebooks that have spawned wide-ranging and raging controversies\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen leading scholar of Marx, Roman Rosdolsky, first encountered the virtually unknown text of Marx's \u003ci\u003eGrundrisse\u003c\/i\u003e - his preparatory work for his masterpiece Das Capital - in the 1950s in New York Public Library, he recognized it as \"a work of fundamental importance,\" but declared \"its unusual form\" and \"obscure manner of expression, made it far from suitable for reaching a wide circle of readers.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Harvey's \u003ci\u003eCompanion to Marx's Grundrisse\u003c\/i\u003e builds upon his widely acclaimed companions to the first and second volumes of \u003ci\u003eCapital\u003c\/i\u003e in a way that will reach as wide an audience as possible. Marx's stated ambition for this text - where he was thinking aloud about some of possible metamorphoses of capitalism - is to reveal \"the exact development of the concept of capital as the fundamental concept of modern economics, just as capital itself is the foundation of bourgeois society.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile respecting Marx's desire to \"bring out all the contradictions of bourgeois production, as well as the boundary where it drives beyond itself,\" David Harvey also pithily illustrates the relevance of Marx's text to understanding the troubled state of contemporary capitalism.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Harvey\u003c\/b\u003e teaches at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eSocial Justice and the City\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Condition of Postmodernity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Limits to Capital\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Neoliberalism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpaces of Global Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Marx's Capital\u003c\/i\u003e. His website is davidharvey.org.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.5 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42170040811655,"sku":"9781804290989","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/dbc70ee94f0dca3ce92bc9d48653b53a.webp?v=1733345352","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/a-companion-to-marxs-grundrisse-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}