A Companion to Marx's Grundrisse

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"A Companion to Marx's Grundrisse" as it might be a newly published book or a forthcoming one after my last update. However, I can speculate on what such a book might contain based on typical features of companion texts to works of philosophy and political economy like Marx's Grundrisse. Here's what you might expect to find in a book titled "A Companion to Marx's Grundrisse": 1. Introduction to the Grundrisse: An overview of Marx's Grundrisse, its historical context, its significance within Marx's body of work, and its relationship to other key texts like "Capital." 2. Chapter Summaries and Analysis: Detailed summaries and analysis of each chapter or section of the Grundrisse, providing insights into Marx's arguments, key concepts, and theoretical developments. 3. Explanations of Key Concepts: Clear explanations of complex concepts presented in the Grundrisse, such as commodity fetishism, capital accumulation, alienation, and historical materialism. 4. Historical and Philosophical Context: Discussions of the historical and philosophical influences on Marx's thought as evident in the Grundrisse, including his engagement with classical political economy and Hegelian philosophy. 5. Critical Debates and Interpretations: Examination of scholarly debates surrounding the Grundrisse, including alternative interpretations of Marx's ideas and critiques of his methodology. 6. Contemporary Relevance: Exploration of the relevance of Marx's ideas in the modern world, including discussions of capitalism, globalization, labor relations, and social movements. 7. Further Reading and Resources: Suggestions for additional reading, including secondary literature on Marx and related topics, as well as relevant online resources and archival materials. 8. Index and References: An index for easy reference, as well as a comprehensive bibliography of sources cited in the companion text. Keep in mind that the actual content and features of a book titled "A Companion to Marx's Grundrisse" may vary depending on the author(s) and publisher. If this book exists, I recommend checking with book retailers, academic publishers, or online databases for the most accurate and up-to-date information. David Harvey tackles Marx's notebooks that have spawned wide-ranging and raging controversies When leading scholar of Marx, Roman Rosdolsky, first encountered the virtually unknown text of Marx’s Grundrisse - his preparatory work for his masterpiece Das Capital - in the 1950s in New York Public Library, he recognized it as “a work of fundamental importance,” but declared “its unusual form” and “obscure manner of expression, made it far from suitable for reaching a wide circle of readers.” David Harvey’s Companion to Marx’s Grundrisse builds upon his widely acclaimed companions to the first and second volumes of Capital in a way that will reach as wide an audience as possible. Marx’s stated ambition for this text - where he was thinking aloud about some of possible metamorphoses of capitalism - is to reveal “the exact development of the concept of capital as the fundamental concept of modern economics, just as capital itself is the foundation of bourgeois society.” While respecting Marx’s desire to “bring out all the contradictions of bourgeois production, as well as the boundary where it drives beyond itself,” David Harvey also pithily illustrates the relevance of Marx’s text to understanding the troubled state of contemporary capitalism.