The Writing of Capital: Genesis and Structure of Marx’s Critique of Political Economy

Date

2018-01

Authors

Musto, Marcello

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Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Abstract

The debate on the structure of Marx's Capital, and on the probable explanations for the changes he made to the initial ‘six books plan’, has always been a relevant topic in Marxist studies. This article provides a more exhaustive account of the genesis of Capital, on the basis of a revisitation of Marx's intellectual biography during the 1860s, and of the publication of all preparatory manuscripts of Marx's magnum opus, recently appeared in the MEGA2, the historical-critical edition of the complete works of Marx and Engels.

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Keywords

Marx, capital, six books plan, theories of surplus value, MEGA2

Citation

Marcello Musto (2018) The Writing of Capital: Genesis and Structure of Marx’s Critique of Political Economy, Critique, 46:1, 11-26, DOI: 10.1080/03017605.2017.1412623.