Moneybags Must Be So Lucky
On the Literary Structure of Capital
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Political, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | Robert Paul Wolff | ISBN: | 1230000119385 |
| Publisher: | Society for Philosophy & Culture | Publication: | March 27, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Robert Paul Wolff |
| ISBN: | 1230000119385 |
| Publisher: | Society for Philosophy & Culture |
| Publication: | March 27, 2013 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Karl Marx’s great work, Capital, has intrigued and puzzled readers for more than a century by its mystifyingly intricate arguments and dramatic literary embellishments. In this book, Robert Paul Wolff dispels much of the mystery surrounding Capital by providing a literary-philosophical analysis of the text and of Marx’s intentions. Writing in a lively, satirical, sometimes comical style that echoes Marx’s own use of language, Wolff shows that Marx was at the very same time and in the very same texts a brilliant theoretical economist and a powerfully imaginative writer and that he deliberately forged an ironic voice in Capital in order to better communicate his theoretical arguments.
Karl Marx’s great work, Capital, has intrigued and puzzled readers for more than a century by its mystifyingly intricate arguments and dramatic literary embellishments. In this book, Robert Paul Wolff dispels much of the mystery surrounding Capital by providing a literary-philosophical analysis of the text and of Marx’s intentions. Writing in a lively, satirical, sometimes comical style that echoes Marx’s own use of language, Wolff shows that Marx was at the very same time and in the very same texts a brilliant theoretical economist and a powerfully imaginative writer and that he deliberately forged an ironic voice in Capital in order to better communicate his theoretical arguments.
