Written between 1857 and 1858, the Grundrisse is the first draft of Marx’s critique of political economy and, thus, also the initial preparatory work on Capital. Despite its editorial vicissitudes and late publication, Grundrisse contains numerous reflections on matters that Marx did not develop elsewhere in his oeuvre and is therefore extremely important for an overall interpretation of his thought.
In this collection, various international experts in the field, analysing the Grundrisse on the 150th anniversary of its composition, present a Marx in many ways radically different from the one who figures in the dominant currents of twentieth-century Marxism. The book demonstrates the relevance of the Grundrisse to an understanding of Capital and of Marx’s theoretical project as a whole, which, as is well known, remained uncompleted. It also highlights the continuing explanatory power of Marxian categories for contemporary society and its present contradictions.
With contributions from such scholars as Eric Hobsbawm and Terrell Carver, and covering subject areas such as political economy, philosophy and Marxism, this book is likely to become required reading for serious scholars of Marx across the world.
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Foreword, Eric Hobsbawn xx
Prologue xxvii
PART I. Grundrisse: Critical Interpretations 1
1. History, Production and Method in the 1857 'Introduction' to the Grundrisse
Marcello Musto 3
2. The Concept of Value in Modern Economy. On the Relationship between Money and Capital in 'Grundrisse'
Joachim Bischoff and Christoph Lieber 33
3. Marx Conception of Alienation in 'Grundrisse'
Terrell Carver 48
4. The Discovery of the Category of Surplus value
Enrique Dussel 67
5. Historical Materialism in 'Forms which precede Capitalist Production'
Ellen Meiksins Wood 79
6. Marx's 'Grundrisse' and the Ecological Contradictions of Capitalism
John Bellamy Foster 93
7. Emancipated Individuals in an Emancipated Society. Marx's Sketch of Post-Capitalist Society in the 'Grundrisse'
Iring Fetscher 107
8. Rethinking 'Capital' in Light of the 'Grundrisse'
Moishe Postone 120
PART II. Marx at the time of Grundrisse 147
9. Marx's life at the time of the 'Grundrisse'. Biographical notes on 1857-8
Marcello Musto 149
10. The First World Economic Crisis: Marx as an Economic Journalist
Michael R. Krätke 162
11. Marx's 'Books of Crisis' of 1857-8
Michael R. Krätke 169
PART III. Dissemination and reception of Grundrisse in the world 177
12. Dissemination and Reception of the 'Grundrisse' in the world. Introduction
Marcello Musto 179
13. Germany and Austria and Switzerland
Ernst Theodor Mohl 189
14. Russia and Soviet Union
Lyudmila L. Vasina 202
15. Japan
Hiroshi Uchida 213
16. China
Zhongpu Zhang 219
17. France
Andre Tosel 223
18. Italy
Mario Tronti 229
19. Cuba and Argentina and Spain and Mexico
Pedro Ribas and Rafael Pla 236
20. Czechoslovakia
Stanislav Hubik 240
21. Hungary
Ferenc L. Lendvai 243
22. Romania
Gheorghe Stoica 247
23. USA and Britain and Australia and Canada
Christopher J. Arthur 249
24. Denmark
Birger Linde 257
25. Yugoslavia
Lino Veljak 261
26. Iran
Kamran Nayeri 265
27. Poland
Holger Politt 267
28. Finland
Vesa Oittinen 269
29. Greece
John Milios 271
30. Turkey
E. Ahmet Tonak 274
31. South Korea
Hogyun Kim 276
31. Brazil and Portugal
Jose Paulo Netto 278
Index 281
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