Capital
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Marx for the twenty-first centuryThe first new English translation in fifty years—and the only one based on the last German edition revised by Marx himselfFeaturing extensive original commentary, including a foreword by acclaimed political theorist Wendy Brown“An astounding achievement.”—China Miéville, author of October: The Story of the Russian Revolution
  • hypercracker@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’m already kinda struggling with Capital Illustrated so idk whether I should try reading the big boy lol

    • dRLY [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I too struggle with how over my head some of the crucial theory books can be (I have to be in the correct headspace to read a lot of books in general these days). But I have found Luna Oi’s translation of the Vietnamese school book on ML to be a helpful read so far (started and made more progress than the main works). It being meant for students and having just so many footnotes giving context is nice for a starting point (imo). I will admit that some of the footnotes and citations can be visually overwhelming, but I got used to them after I started just reading and getting into the information.

      https://www.lunaoi.com/product/the-worldview-and-philosophical-methodology-of-marxism-leninism-preorder/

      The link says it is a pre-order, but it has been released.

    • miz [any, any]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      for those who want a hardcopy PUP40 discount code will give you 40% off your first order so order two and give one to a friend

    • citrussy_capybara [ze/hir]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      2 months ago

      yes, Paul Reitter is working on those also: https://archive.is/hsg1m

      Q: You are also translating the second and third volumes of Capital, left in manuscript at the time of Marx’s death and edited for publication by Engels. Is it too early to ask how that part of the project is going?

      A: We are excited to be back at it and are enjoying the mix of continuity and change: Volume two has its own special translation and philological challenges.

      As Engels laboriously put, or pieced, together the text of volume two, struggling with a bad back and Marx’s nearly indecipherable handwriting, he tried to make the text seem like a “finished whole.” He inserted transitional sections, evened out and to some extent formalized the style, which varies quite a bit in the manuscripts, and worked to create an impression of conceptual integration when Marx’s thinking in fact evolved considerably over the course of the eight volume-two manuscripts. Since the German critical edition of Marx’s and Engels’s works, with its 30-volume section of Capital (completed in 2012), has made available reliable versions of all the volume two manuscripts, you can now track—and, again, make transparent—Engels’s editorial interventions, something that couldn’t be done for the only English translation of volume two currently in print, David Fernbach’s edition, which was published in 1978.

    • miz [any, any]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      all I know is what’s on the page there, if you want 'em that would be a good thing to email them about so they know there is interest