This book provides, in one volume, primary sources by Marx and critical commentary which relates Marxism to contemporary social and political topics. It includes six brief works by Marx and ten articles by scholars sympathetic to but critical of Marxism. For example, the author includes the classic essay by Heidi Hartmann which criticizes Marxism for misunderstanding gender oppression, "The Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism." No previous anthology of Marx has combined both brief works by Marx and multiple critical essays elaborating on his themes or engaging the shortcomings of his arguments.
Acknowledgments
Introduction 1
I The Historical Origins of Capitalism 3
II The Hidden Dynamic of Capitalism 4
III The Political Trajectory of Capitalism 10
IV Problems with Marx's Theory 13
V Marxism and Contemporary Capitalism 22
VI Conclusion 24
Part I 35
1 Manifesto of the Communist Party 37
Preface to the 1888 English Edition of the Manifesto of the Communist Party 39
I Bourgeois and Proletarians 43
II Proletarians and Communists 51
III Socialist and Communist Literature 57
IV Position of the Communists in Relation to the Various Existing Opposition Parties 63
2 "Speech on Free Trade," with Engels's Preface of 1888 65
Protection and Free Trade Preface to the Pamphlet: Karl Marx, Speech on the Question of Free Trade 67
Speech on the Question of Free Trade Delivered to the Democratic Association of Brussels at Its Public Meeting of January 9, 1848 79
3 "Preface" to A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy 89
A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy 91
4 Value, Price and Profit 95
Marx to Engels in Manchester 97
[Value, Price and Profit] 99
5 [Wages and Prices] 100
6 [Value and Labour] 102
7 Labouring Power 107