Capital Volume IKarl Marx
Capital Volume I
by Karl Marx · first published 1967
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A foundational text for understanding labor, the workplace, and capitalist economics. It is informative and thought-provoking, and its first three chapters form the core for anyone new to Marx.
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Conveniently, I can just tack onto this list two more books and there we will have the 4 most important books on my life so far. Sexual Personae By Camille Paglia Capital: Volume I By Karl Marx
on “Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost everything?” ↗…that's a lot of works and orderings, but uh, yeah. Actual strategy. IMHO, if you don't have a foundation in Marx, all of this is going to be really tough. Make sure you understand at least a good chunk of Capital Volume I, the first three chapters (aka part i) are the most important, parts VI, V, and VIII aren't necessary, but Marx is pretty foundational. Even if folks don't agree with him, everyone is familiar with him,…
on “Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy” ↗…Repetition" Karatani Kojin "The Structure of World History" Karatani Kojin "Anti-Oedipus" Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guattari "Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors" Nicholas Wade "Capital, Volume I" Karl Marx These books have been the most informative and thought-provoking for me this year.
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2015?” ↗Capital Volume I By Karl Marx
on “Ask HN: Books you plan to read in 2020?” ↗…failures, but at least it's had successes. 1. http://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ 2. http://words.steveklabnik.com/an-introduction-to-economics-u... At the end: "…this post is basically my own little summary of Capital, Volume I, chapters 1-7, by Karl Marx." 3. https://twitter.com/steveklabnik
on “Economic Inequality” ↗…a reasonable length of working day. https://socialism.com/fs-article/karl-marx-on-the-struggle-f... Marx gives credit to the abolition of slavery for sparking new life in the U.S. labor movement in Capital, Volume I, published in 1867, in a section on the length of the workday. "In the United States of North America, every independent movement of the workers was paralyzed so long as slavery disfigured a part of…
on “‘996’ Is China’s Version of Hustle Culture. Tech Workers Are Sick of It” ↗…capitalism. "Capitalist production, therefore, develops technology, and the combining together of various processes into a social whole, only by sapping the original sources of all wealth-the soil and the labourer. Marx, Capital, Volume I, Chapter 15 (1867)"
on “Cisco to lay off about 14,000 employees” ↗…a dialectical inversion and becomes the most unfailing means for turning the whole lifetime of the worker and his family into labour-time at capital’s disposal for its own valorization." Marx (1867), Capital Volume I, Chapter 15 ("Machinery and Large-Scale Industry")
on “Workism Is Making Americans Miserable (2019)” ↗