Ok. So I've got a working understanding of Hegel and German Idealism in general, have read some secondary material, the Manifesto and am well aware of the political and historical context in which it was written.
I'm now ready to start reading Capital I think. I'm looking for the most respected translation/edition that is currently in print for English. I'm not looking for anything abridged or annotated if possible.
What is it and why?
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Don't ever post leftist nonsense on here again, cuck.
Pick up Mein Kampf instead
>say Josh, are you still working in McDonalds after leaving high school?
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There are only two translations in English.
The Samuel Moore translation was done after Marx had died but Engles wrote the preface. The other one which is the penguin one is the one used by David Harvey and he seems to know a lot about it. Just choose one, both translators have a deep understanding of Marxism and you are not going to miss out on anything important with either translator.
Get the Penguin edition with the introduction by Ernest Mandel [he's a Trotskyist fart so his opinons can be easily ignored], it's a translation from the last revision (1872–1875) Marx actually oversaw himself in his lifetime [the French one].
This is good secondary work on Marxs work as a totality:
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No, the version on marxists.org there is shit don't read that
Kapital is Marx's only relevant work today. You should have skipped the manifesto. Then again, it's a short read, so whatever.
I thought leftists weren't supposed to be elitists
Actual leftists (meaning they want public control of means of production) aren't, but liberals are. Especially white, middle-class and up liberals.
Read Smith'S Wealth of Nations first, and then Ricardo's Principals of Political Economy