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Marx's Das Kapital

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Marx's Das Kapital

By: Francis Wheen
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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In this brilliant book, Francis Wheen, the author of the most successful biography of Karl Marx, tells the story of Das Kapital and Marx's 20-year struggle to complete his unfinished masterpiece. 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 20th-century history.

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. Furthermore, Wheen argues, as long as capitalism endures, Das Kapital demands to be read and understood.

©2006 Francis Wheen (P)2007 Tantor Communism & Socialism History & Theory Ideologies & Doctrines Philosophy Political Science Politics & Government Biography Socialism
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Good summary of Karl Marx and let me know I don’t want to read the entire volume

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given the dialectic suggestion

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Marx is a genius and it's a shame his brilliant ideas never got into the hands of the right people or culture for that matter. However, this particular audio book is a tad on the boring side and the narration certainly didn't help any.

Could've been better....

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Honestly, I bought this book because I thought it was Das Kapital, but 5 minutes in with the discussion of Balzac’s The Unknown Masterpiece, I was hooked! I probably didn’t give the title another thought when I bought it because once I saw Simon Vance narrated it I didn’t look any further!

Wonderful!

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I’ve no idea why this was titled the way it was but this is not actually Marx’s book.

Not the real book

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Bought this as a first step to overcoming capitalism. Turns out its not Das Kapital, but a book about Das Kapital. Well played, Amazon.

Ironic

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it's not the actual book of Das Kapital, was a total waste of money, hope no one else will fall for it again
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misleading book title

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I purchased it with the impression I that it will be the original Das Kapital not the history of making it

Very misleading title

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Like many people, thought it was das kapital. So clearly disappointed. Would pay more attention to the title and book reviews in the future.

Misleading title

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