{"product_id":"2026100011105-secondhand-a-contribution-to-the-critique-of-political-economy","title":"A Contribution To The Critique Of Political Economy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: pages can have notes\/underlining.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1859, A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy stands as one of the foundational texts of modern socialist and economic thought, presenting Karl Marx's rigorous dissection of capitalist production and the commodity form. In this landmark work, Marx argues that the value of commodities is determined by the socially necessary labour time required for their production, laying the groundwork for the sophisticated analysis that would later culminate in his magnum opus, Capital. The text also contains the celebrated Preface, in which Marx articulates his famous materialist conception of history — the idea that the economic base of society determines its political and ideological superstructure — a statement that would redefine how generations of thinkers understood the relationship between economics, politics, and social change.\n\nMarx's prose is characteristically methodical and uncompromising, blending philosophical rigour with sharp economic analysis in a style that challenges the reader to rethink the most basic assumptions of bourgeois economics. This Moscow edition, published by Progress Publishers, represents a carefully produced translation intended to bring Marx's ideas to a global readership during the height of the Cold War era. For scholars of political economy, philosophy, and revolutionary history, this volume remains an indispensable text — one that continues to provoke debate about the nature of capitalism, value, and the forces that drive historical change.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50572974129371,"sku":"2026100011105-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/19eae074-59c0-432e-9efe-0c9715c41a4f.png?v=1791167608","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100011105-secondhand-a-contribution-to-the-critique-of-political-economy","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}