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Marx's Das Kapital

A Biography

by Francis Wheen
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 twenty-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 twentieth-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.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Books That Changed the World

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    December 5, 2007

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781400123926
      • File size: 94249 KB
      • Duration: 03:16:21

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The titles that make up the Books That Changed the World series might be called "librographies," since they tell the life story of history's most influential tomes. Karl Marx's DAS KAPITAL, like other books in the series, may have been read by relatively few, but many of its disciples have had wide influence. British narrator Simon Vance has an appropriately erudite tone for this material. It says something about the impenetrability of Marx's masterwork that even the brief summary is boring, but the later sections on how the book influenced revolutionaries (especially in Russia) is far more interesting and relevant for modern listeners. Vance's warm voice and steady pacing help listeners follow what can be a difficult text. D.B. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine

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