Reading Capital
Reading Capital is an attempt to topple the entire edifice of Western Marxism, and rebuild it from the original foundations. 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’ conceptual innovations, including ‘'overdetermination’ and...
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A landmark of French thought, and an intellectual revolution against dominant interpretations of Marx.
Translator's Note6Foreword to the Italian Edition7Pt. IFrom Capital to Marx's Philosophy11Pt. IIThe Object of Capital711Introduction732Marx and his Discoveries793The Merits of Classical Economics834The Errors of Classical Economics: An Outline for a Concept of Historical Time915Marxism is not a Historicism1196The Epistemological Propositions of Capital (Marx, Engels)1457The Object of Political Economy1828Marx's Critique1659Marx's Immense Theoretical Revolution182AppOn the "Ideal Average" and the Forms of Transition194Pt. IIIThe Basic Concepts of Historical Materialism1991From Periodization to the Modes of Production2092The Elements of the Structure and their History2253On Reproduction2544Elements for a Theory of Transition273Glossary309Index325
\ Times Literary SupplementOne reads his passionate study with attention, even excitement.— Eric Hobsbawn\ \
