The Formation of the Economic Thought of Karl Marx: 1843 to Capital (French: La formation de la pensée économique de Karl Marx: de 1843 à la rédaction du "Capital") is a 1967 book by the Marxist theorist Ernest Mandel, in which the author discusses the economic theories of Karl Marx. It appeared in English translation in 1971.
Author | Ernest Mandel |
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Original title | La formation de la pensée économique de Karl Marx: de 1843 à la rédaction du "Capital" |
Translator | Brian Pearce |
Language | French |
Subject | Karl Marx |
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Publication place | France |
Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
Pages | 224 (2015 Verso edition) |
ISBN | 978-1784782320 |
Reception
editThe Formation of the Economic Thought of Karl Marx received a positive review in Telos from James E. Hansen when the work was published in English in 1971. Hansen welcomed Mandel's book as important contribution to scholarship on Marx.[1] The political scientist David McLellan called Mandel's work "excellent".[2] McLellan recommended the book, together with Mandel's An Introduction to Marxist Economic Theory, as the best introduction to Marx's economics.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Hansen, James E. (1971). "The Formation of the Economic Thought of Karl Marx". Telos. 1971 (9): 155–160. doi:10.3817/0971009155. S2CID 147227798. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- ^ McLellan, David (1995). Karl Marx: A Biography. London: Papermac. p. 444. ISBN 0-333-63947-2.
- ^ McLellan, David (1975). Marx. Glasgow: Fontana. p. 87. ISBN 0-333-63947-2.