Marx's method

Various Marxist authors have focused on Marx's method of analysis and presentation (historical materialist and logically dialectical) as key factors both in understanding the range and incisiveness of Karl Marx's theoretical writing in general and Das Kapital in particular. One of the clearest and most instructive examples of this is his discussion of the value-form, which acts as a primary guide or key to understanding the logical argument as it develops throughout the volumes of Das Kapital.

Marx himself presents a simplified explanation in the Appendix to the first German edition of Das Kapital published in English translation in Capital & Class. The need for this appendix was suggested by Engels[1] and there is an exchange of correspondence[1][2][3][4] concerning its purpose and form.

Readings on Marx’s method

References

  1. 1 2 Engels to Marx, June 16, 1867 Letters on ‘Capital’
  2. Marx to Engels, June 22, 1867 Letters on ‘Capital’
  3. Engels to Marx, June 24, 1867 Letters on ‘Capital’
  4. Marx to Engels, June 27, 1867 Letters on ‘Capital’

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