{"product_id":"reading-capital-the-complete-edition-9781784781415","title":"Reading Capital: The Complete Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eA classic work of Marxist analysis, available unabridged for the first time\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published in 1965, \u003ci\u003eReading Capital\u003c\/i\u003e is a landmark of French thought and radical theory, reconstructing Western Marxism from its foundations. Louis Althusser, the French Marxist philosopher, maintained that Marx's project could only be revived if its scientific and revolutionary novelty was thoroughly divested of all traces of humanism, idealism, Hegelianism and historicism. In order to complete this critical rereading, Althusser and his students at the  cole normale sup rieure ran a seminar on \u003ci\u003eCapital\u003c\/i\u003e, re-examining its arguments, strengths and weaknesses in detail, and it was out of those discussions that this book was born. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Previously only available in English in highly abridged form, this edition, appearing fifty years after its original publication in France, restores chapters by Roger Establet, Pierre Macherey and Jacques Ranci re. It includes a major new introduction by  tienne Balibar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781784781415\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.20d","brand":"Louis Althusser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43096292982965,"sku":"9781784781415","price":42.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_24eaaacb-8c30-4613-bb40-0966ea31089f.jpg?v=1692804918","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/reading-capital-the-complete-edition-9781784781415","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}