{"product_id":"towards-an-unknown-marx-1","title":"Towards An Unknown Marx","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is the first complete commentary on Marx's manuscripts of 1861-63, works that guide our understanding of fundamental concepts such as 'surplus-value' and 'production price'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe recent publication of Marx's writings in their entirety has been a seminal event in Marxian scholarship. The hitherto unknown second draft of Volume 1 and first draft of Volume 3 of \u003cem\u003eCapital\u003c\/em\u003e, both published in the Manuscripts of 1861-63, now provide an important intermediate link between the \u003cem\u003eGrundrisse\u003c\/em\u003e and the final published editions of \u003cem\u003eCapital\u003c\/em\u003e. In this book, Enrique Dussel, one of the most original Marxist philosophers in the world today, provides an authoritative and detailed commentary on the manuscripts of 1861-63.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe main points which Dussel emphasises in this path-breaking work are:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe fundamental category in Marx's theory is 'living labour' which exists outside of capital and which capital must subsume in order to produce surplus-value\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheories of Surplus Value is not a historical survey of previous theories, but rather a 'critical confrontation' through which Marx developed new categories for his own theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe most important new categories developed in this manuscript are related to the 'forms of appearance' of surplus value.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe final part of the book discusses the relevance of the Manuscripts of 1861-63 to contemporary global capitalism, especially to the continuing underdevelopment and extreme poverty of Latin America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54257298964824,"sku":"9781138007444","price":71.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138007444_716fca79-751f-43b5-abe6-46b60ae3378c.jpg?v=1768466737","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/towards-an-unknown-marx-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}