(P/B) READING CAPITAL

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Reading Capital: The Complete Edition by Louis Althusser, Etienne Balibar, Roger Establet, Pierre Macherey, and Jacques Ranciere Translated by Ben Brewster and David Fernbach .
A classic work of Marxist analysis, available unabridged for the first time.
Originally published in 1965, Reading Capital is a landmark of French thought and radical theory, reconstructing Western Marxism from its foundations. Louis Althusser, the French Marxist philosopher, maintained that Marx's project could only be revived if its scientific and revolutionary novelty was thoroughly divested of all traces of humanism, idealism, Hegelianism and historicism. In order to complete this critical rereading, Althusser and his students at the ?cole normale sup?rieure ran a seminar on Capital, re-examining its arguments, strengths and weaknesses in detail, and it was out of those discussions that this book was born.
Previously only available in English in highly abridged form, this edition, appearing fifty years after its original publication in France, restores chapters by Roger Establet, Pierre Macherey and Jacques Ranciere. It includes a major new introduction by ?tienne Balibar. (From the publisher)

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Editorial note
Presentation - Etienne Balibar
From Capital to Marx's philosophy - Louis Althusser
The concept of critique and the critique of political economy: from the 1844 Manuscripts to Capital - Jacques Ranciere
On the process of Exposition of Capital
The object of Capital - Louis Althusser
On the basic concepts of historical materialism - Ettiene Balibar
Presentation of the Plan of Capital - Roger Establet
Glossary
Index