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A review by ieguiz
Capital Volume I: The Process of Production of Capital by Karl Marx
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
slow-paced
4.0
I did not want to give this book a 5 out of 5. It is dense, relentlessly verbose, and needs a 300 page warm up just to get to the good parts. Its endless examples beats a dead horse to a fine red mist.
Yet. There are few books that will give you insights as much as this one. It fundamentally changed how I view the world and the mechanisms that govern it. These 1000 pages radiate with analytical potential.
It is also chock full of emotion, which I did not expect. In between the statistics and definitions there is anger. So much anger. Marx raves about labor conditions, the conditions of children, the conditions of housing, the conditions of the agricultural worker. He dredges up the horrific injuries, horrific hours, horrific "cottages," horrific life of the proletarian. And he is fucking pissed.
Read this book. Its good.
Yet. There are few books that will give you insights as much as this one. It fundamentally changed how I view the world and the mechanisms that govern it. These 1000 pages radiate with analytical potential.
It is also chock full of emotion, which I did not expect. In between the statistics and definitions there is anger. So much anger. Marx raves about labor conditions, the conditions of children, the conditions of housing, the conditions of the agricultural worker. He dredges up the horrific injuries, horrific hours, horrific "cottages," horrific life of the proletarian. And he is fucking pissed.
Read this book. Its good.