Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy

Synopsis

This vital precursor to capital contains invaluable descriptions of marx's wider-ranging philosophy, providing a unique insight into his beliefs and hopes for the foundation of a communist state. Written during the winter of 1857-8, the grundrisse was considered by marx to be the first scientific elaboration of communist theory. A collection of seven notebooks on capital and money, it both develops the arguments outlined in the communist manifesto (1848) and explores the themes and theses that were to dominate his great later work capital.