Capital, Volume One: The Process of Production o
Capital, Volume One: The Process of Production of Capital, by Karl Marx, is a foundational text of the Marxist school of economic thought. It is a critical analysis of capitalism and its implications for the working class. The book is divided into three parts. The first part examines the concept of capital and its role in the production process. It looks at the various forms of capital, such as money, land, and labor, and how they interact with each other. The second part examines the process of production and how it is affected by capital. It looks at the various stages of production, from the extraction of raw materials to the sale of the finished product. The third part examines the implications of the capitalist system for the working class, including the exploitation of labor and the concentration of wealth in the hands of the few. The book is an essential read for anyone interested in understanding the dynamics of capitalism and its effects on society.
By Karl Marx · First published 1867 · Genre: Political Theory, Philosophy, Economics · 33 chapters · 409,873 words
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Section 1: The Two Factors of a Commodity: Use-Value and Value (The Substance of Value and the Magnitude of Value)
The wealth of those societies in which the capitalist mode of production prevails, presents itself as "an immense accumulation of commodities," [Footnote 1] its unit being a single commodity. Our investigation must therefore begin with the analysis of a commodity.
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- Work type: Essay
- Author: Karl Marx
- Date: 1867 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Political Theory, Philosophy, Economics, Sociology
- Length: 409,873 words
- Structure: 33 chapters, 3,069 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Difficult (College Level)
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- Political Theory — Capital, Volume One: The Process of Production of Capital is a political theory book written by Karl Marx, which examines the capitalist mode of production and its consequences.
- Philosophy — The book is a philosophical work that explores the nature of capital and its implications for society.
- Economics — The book is an economic analysis of the capitalist system, examining the process of production of capital and its effects on society.
- Sociology — The book is a sociological examination of the capitalist system, exploring the effects of capital on society and the implications for social change.
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capitalism · production · labor · value · surplus value · class struggle · economic theory · political economy · materialism · social relations · commodity · exploitation
Contents
- Commodities
- Exchange
- Money, Or the Circulation of Commodities
- The General Formula for Capital
- Contradictions in the General Formula of Capital
- The Buying and Selling of Labour- Power
- The Labour-Process and the Process of Producing Surplus-Value
- Constant Capital and Variable Capital
- The Rate of Surplus-Value
- The Working day
- Rate and Mass of Surplus-Value
- The Concept of Relative Surplus- Value
- Co-operation
- Division of Labour and Manufacture
- Machinery and Modern Industry
- Absolute and Relative Surplus- Value
- Changes of Magnitude in the Price of Labour-Power and in Surplus-Value
- Various Formula for the rate of Surplus-Value
- The Transformation of the Value (and Respective Price) of Labour-Power into Wages
- Time-Wages
- Piece Wages
- National Differences of Wages
- Simple Reproduction
- Conversion of Surplus-Value into Capital
- The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation
- The Secret of Primitive Accumulation
- Expropriation of the Agricultural Population From the Land
- Bloody Legislation Against the Expropriated, from the End of the 15th Century
- Genesis of the Capitalist Farmer
- Reaction of the Agricultural Revolution on Industry. Creation of the Home- Market for Industrial Capital
- The Genesis of the Industrial Capitalist
- Historical Tendency of Capitalist Accumulation
- The Modern Theory of Colonisation