A Guide to Marxian Political Economy
What Kind of a Social System Is Capitalism?
Authors: Otani, Teinosuke
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- Provides an introduction to all three volumes of Marx’s Capital
- Includes numerous diagrams to illustrate essential concepts of political economy
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- About this Textbook
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This textbook offers a comprehensive guide to the systematic structure of capitalism, while at the same time introducing readers to all three volumes of Marx’s Capital. Based on his extensive expertise on Marx’s critique of political economy, the author reveals the specific structure of production in capitalist societies and explicates what sets this system apart from other modes of production. Marx’s political economy is explained in a systematic and easy-to-understand manner, using numerous illustrative diagrams to complement the text. This textbook will appeal to all students and scholars looking for a more comprehensive, systematic and theoretical explanation of capitalism, equipping them with a solid theoretical understanding of its core structure.
- About the authors
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Teinosuke Otani, Professor Emeritus of economics at Hose University, Tokyo, is the author of Marx’s Theory of Association and Marx’s theory of Interest-bearing Capital (in Japanese). He is also a member of the editorial committee of the Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe (MEGA). He was President of the Japan Society of Political Economy, a Japanese scholarly organization that boasts of just under 1,000 members.
- Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Introduction: The Conception of Society Based upon Labour and the Tasks of Political Economy
Pages 1-48
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Commodity and Money
Pages 51-134
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Capital and Surplus-value
Pages 135-159
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Extension and Shortening of Working Day
Pages 161-168
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Methods for the Development of Productive Power
Pages 169-189
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- A Guide to Marxian Political Economy
- Book Subtitle
- What Kind of a Social System Is Capitalism?
- Authors
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- Teinosuke Otani
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-65954-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-65954-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-65953-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-09757-8
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXVII, 492
- Number of Illustrations
- 232 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
- Topics
