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Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 1: A Critical Summary, Part 1 (Updated)

Updated: This post is a work in progress at the momentChapter 1 of volume 1 of Capital is called “The Commodity,” and presents Marx’s theory of the commodity and labour value.Chapter 1 is divided into four sections: (1) The Two Factors of the Commodity: Use Value and Value(2) Dual Character of the Labour embodied in Commodities(3) The Value-Form, or Exchange-Value(4) The Fetishism of the Commodity and its Secret. Interpreters of Marx admit that the first few chapters of Capital are made...

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