Reading Capital
By: Louis Althusser, Étienne Balibar ; translated by Ben Brewster
Contributors: Balibar, Étienne, 1942-; Brewster, Ben
Series: Radical thinkers; Radical thinkers
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
ISBN-13: 9781844673476
Subjects: Marxian economics; Économie marxiste; Das Kapital (Marx); Economische filosofie; Marxistisk ekonomi; Kapital (Marx, Karl)
Work titles: Lire "Le capital"
Description: "Establishing a rigorous program of "symptomatic reading" that cuts through the silences and lacunae of Capital to reveal its philosophical core, Louis Althusser interprets Marx's structural analysis of production as a revolutionary break--the basis of a completely new science. Building on a series of Althussers's conceptual innovations that includes "overdetermination" and "social formation," Etienne Balibar explores the historical and structural facets of production as Marx understood them, scrutinizing many of the most fundamental points in Capital, as though for the first time."--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Originally published: London ; New York : Verso, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.