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Capital: a critical analysis of capitalist production, Vol 1 Karl Marx (1818–1883)
Read by Carl Manchester, Alan Clare, Jake Baker, Sibella Denton, Kirsten Ferreri, Maire Rhode, Anna Simon, Chris Masterson, D.E. Wittkower, manicolaus · 82 chapters · 39 h 19
Chapters Editor's Preface -- To the First English Translation 11 min Author's Preface -- I. To the First Edition 11 min Author's Preface -- II. To the Second Edition 22 min Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter I : Commodities. -- Section 1 : The two Factors of a Commodity; Use Value and Value (the Substance of value and the mag 19 min Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter I : Commodities. -- Section 2 : The Twofold Character of the Labour embodied in Commodities 19 min Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter I : Commodities. -- Section 3 : The Form of Value, or Exchange Value -- Introduction and A : Elementary or Accidental F 45 min Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter I : Commodities. -- Section 3 : The Form of Value, or Exchange Value -- B : Total or Expanded Form of Value 7 min Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter I : Commodities. -- Section 3 : The Form of Value, or Exchange Value -- C : The General Form of Value and D : The Money 17 min Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter I : Commodities. -- Section 4 : The Fetishism of Commodities and the Secret thereof 43 min Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter II : Exchange 38 min Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter III : Money, or the Circulation of Commodities -- Section 1 : The Measure of Values 30 min Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter III : Money, or the Circulation of Commodities -- Section 2 : The Medium of Circulation -- A : The Metamorphosis of Com 33 min Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter III : Money, or the Circulation of Commodities -- Section 2 : The Medium of Circulation -- B : The Currency of Money 36 min Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter III : Money, or the Circulation of Commodities -- Section 2 : The Medium of Circulation -- C : Coin and symbols of valu 20 min Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter III : Money, or the Circulation of Commodities -- Section 3 : Money -- Introduction and A : Hoarding 15 min Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter III : Money, or the Circulation of Commodities -- Section 3 : Money -- B : Means of Payment 22 min Part I: Commodities and Money -- Chapter III : Money, or the Circulation of Commodities -- Section 3 : Money -- C : Universal Money 8 min Part II: The Transformation of Money into Capital -- Chapter IV : The General Formula for Capital 37 min Part II: The Transformation of Money into Capital -- Chapter V : Contradictions in the General Formula of Capital 33 min Part II: The Transformation of Money into Capital -- Chapter VI : The Buying and Selling of Labour-Power 30 min Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter VII : The Labour-Process and the Process of Producing Surplus-Value -- Section 1 : The Labour-Proc 33 min Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter VII : The Labour-Process and the Process of Producing Surplus-Value -- Section 2 : The Production 46 min Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter VIII : Constant Capital and Variable Capital 35 min Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter IX : The Rate of Surplus-Value -- Section 1 : The Degree of Exploration of Labour-Power 26 min Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter IX : The Rate of Surplus-Value -- Section 2 : The Representation of the Components of the Value of 9 min Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter IX : The Rate of Surplus-Value -- Section 3 : Senior's "Last Hour" 18 min Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter IX : The Rate of Surplus-Value -- Section 4 : Surplus-Produce 2 min Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter X : The Working-Day -- Section 1 : The Limits of the Working-Day 13 min Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter X : The Working-Day -- Section 2 : The Greed for Surplus-Labour. Manufacturer and Boyard 26 min Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter X : The Working-Day -- Section 3 : Branches of English Industry Without Legal Limits to Exploitati 41 min Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter X : The Working-Day -- Section 4 : Day and Night Work. The Relay System. 26 min Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter X : The Working-Day -- Section 5 : The Struggle for a Normal Working-Day. Compulsory Laws for the 44 min Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter X : The Working-Day -- Section 6 : The Struggle for the Normal Working-Day. Compulsory Limitation 1 h 01 Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter X : The Working-Day -- Section 7 : The Struggle for the Normal Working-Day. Re-action of the Engli 17 min Part III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value -- Chapter XI : Rate and Mass of Surplus Value 31 min Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XII : The Concept of Relative Surplus-Value 33 min Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XIII : Co-Operation 41 min Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XIV : Division of Labour and Manufacture -- Section 1 : Two-Fold Origin of Manufacture 12 min Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XIV : Division of Labour and Manufacture -- Section 2 : The Detail Labourer and his Implements 12 min Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XIV : Division of Labour and Manufacture -- Section 3 : The Two Fundamental Forms of Manufacture: Heter 34 min Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XIV : Division of Labour and Manufacture -- Section 4 : Division of Labour in Manufacture, and Division 33 min Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XIV : Division of Labour and Manufacture -- Section 5 : The Capitalistic Character of Manufacture 33 min Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XV : Machinery and Modern Industry -- Section 1 : The Development of Machinery 47 min Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XV : Machinery and Modern Industry -- Section 2 : The Value Transferred by Machinery to the Product 27 min Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XV : Machinery and Modern Industry -- Section 3 : The Proximate Effects of Machinery on the Workman Par 48 min Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XV : Machinery and Modern Industry -- Section 3 : The Proximate Effects of Machinery on the Workman Par 42 min Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XV : Machinery and Modern Industry -- Section 4 : The Factory 30 min Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XV : Machinery and Modern Industry -- Section 5 : The Strife Between Workman and Machine 31 min Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XV : Machinery and Modern Industry -- Section 6 : The Theory of Compensation as Regards the Workpeople 29 min Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XV : Machinery and Modern Industry -- Section 7 : Repulsion and Attraction Of Workpeople by the Factory 36 min Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XV : Machinery and Modern Industry -- Section 8 : Revolution Effected in Manufacture, Handicrafts, and 1 h 03 Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XV : Machinery and Modern Industry -- Section 9 : The Factory Acts Sanitary and Educational Clauses of 1 h 00 Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XV : Machinery and Modern Industry -- Section 10 : Modern Industry and Agriculture 10 min Part V: The Production of Absolute and Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XVI : Absolute and Relative Surplus Value 29 min Part V: The Production of Absolute and Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XVII : Changes Of Magnitude in the Price of Labour Power and in Surplus Value 31 min Part V: The Production of Absolute and Relative Surplus Value -- Chapter XVIII : Various Formulae for the Rate of Surplus Value 11 min Part VI: Wages -- Chapter XIX : The Transformation of the Value (and Respectively the Price) of Labour Power into Wages 21 min Part VI: Wages -- Chapter XX : Time Wages 22 min Part VI: Wages -- Chapter XXI : Piece Wages 26 min Part VI: Wages -- Chapter XXII : National Differences of Wages 14 min Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXIII : Simple Reproduction 41 min Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXIV : Conversion of Surplus Value into Capital -- Section 1 : Capitalist Production on a Progressively Increas 26 min Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXIV : Conversion of Surplus Value into Capital -- Section 2 : Erroneous Conception, by Political Economy, of R 10 min Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXIV : Conversion of Surplus Value into Capital -- Section 3 : Separation of Surplus Value into Capital and Rev 23 min Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXIV : Conversion of Surplus Value into Capital -- Section 4 : Circumstances that, Independently of the Proport 31 min Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXIV : Conversion of Surplus Value into Capital -- Section 5 : The So-called Labour Fund 13 min Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXV : The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation -- Section 1 : The Increased Demand for Labour Power that Acco 29 min Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXV : The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation -- Section 2 : Relative Diminution of the Variable Part of Cap 20 min Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXV : The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation -- Section 3 : Progressive Production of a Relative Surplus Po 34 min Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXV : The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation -- Section 4 : Different Forms of the Relative Surplus Populat 23 min Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXV : The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation -- Section 5 : Illustrations of the General Law of Capitalist 1 h 05 Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXV : The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation -- Section 5 : Illustrations of the General Law of Capitalist 16 min Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXV : The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation -- Section 5 : Illustrations of the General Law of Capitalist 1 h 12 Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital -- Chapter XXV : The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation -- Section 5 : Illustrations of the General Law of Capitalist 36 min Part VIII: The So-Called Primitive Accumulation -- Chapter XXVI : The Secret of Primitive Accumulation 9 min Part VIII: The So-Called Primitive Accumulation -- Chapter XXVII : Expropriation of the Agricultural Population from the Land 52 min Part VIII: The So-Called Primitive Accumulation -- Chapter XXVIII : Bloody Legislation Against the Expropriated, from the End of the 15th Century. Forcing down 25 min Part VIII: The So-Called Primitive Accumulation -- Chapter XXIX : Genesis of the Capitalist Farmer 10 min Part VIII: The So-Called Primitive Accumulation -- Chapter XXX : Reaction of the Agricultural Revolution on Industry. Creation of the Home Market for Industrial 12 min Part VIII: The So-Called Primitive Accumulation -- Chapter XXXI : Genesis of the Industrial Capitalist 30 min Part VIII: The So-Called Primitive Accumulation -- Chapter XXXII : Historical Tendency of Capitalist Accumulation 10 min Part VIII: The So-Called Primitive Accumulation -- Chapter XXXIII : The Modern Theory of Colonisation 31 min
LibriVox cover · public domain About the book Capital, Volume I is the only volume of Karl Marx's great study of the economy that he saw published during his lifetime. In it he sets out to uncover the laws that govern capitalist production, starting from the humble commodity and moving through money, labour, wages and the making of surplus value. He also describes the working day, the machinery of the factory and the historical process by which a class of wage earners was created. The text mixes abstract argument, statistics and vivid evidence drawn from reports of his own time. This recording follows the English translation by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling, edited by Friedrich Engels, and includes the prefaces and all eighty-two sections. Read by a team of volunteers over more than thirty-nine hours, it is a demanding but rewarding listen for anyone who wants to meet one of the most discussed books of modern times.
Read more Introduction Karl Marx, born in 1818 and died in 1883, was a German philosopher, economist and political thinker who spent much of his working life in exile in London. Das Kapital, published in 1867, was the product of many years of research, much of it carried out in the reading room of the British Museum. Marx never finished the later volumes, which Friedrich Engels edited and published after his death.
The first English translation, by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling with Engels overseeing the work, appeared in 1887. It is this version that the volunteers read here. The book has had enormous influence on economics, history, sociology and politics, and it has been admired, criticised and debated ever since. Whatever one makes of its conclusions, it is a landmark text for understanding the intellectual life of the nineteenth century and of the century that followed.
The recording has eighty-two sections, beginning with the prefaces and continuing through the full text, and it runs for about thirty-nine hours with a team of readers sharing the work. It is a long project, best approached in stages. Listening rather than reading can make the dense early chapters easier to follow, and the later historical chapters, with their accounts of factories and working conditions, have a vividness that comes through well in speech. The volunteers have taken on a large task, and the variety of voices helps maintain interest over so many hours. It is worth remembering that the work is written in the vocabulary of its time, and that background reading can help, but the recording offers a direct meeting with the text itself, without commentary, and allows listeners to form their own view.
