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SLE Salon: Paul Reitter & Paul North: A New Translation of Marx’s Capital

February 8 @ 12:15 am - 1:15 am

Join us for a discussion with translator and editor Paul Reitter and editor Paul North on their new translation of Marx’s Capital: Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1.
Karl Marx (1818–1883) was living in exile in England when he embarked on an ambitious, multivolume critique of the capitalist system of production. Though only the first volume saw publication in Marx’s lifetime, it would become one of the most consequential books in history. This magnificent new edition of Capital is a translation of Marx for the twenty-first century. It is the first translation into English to be based on the last German edition revised by Marx himself, the only version that can be called authoritative, and it features extensive commentary and annotations by Paul North and Paul Reitter that draw on the latest scholarship and provide invaluable perspective on the book and its complicated legacy. At once precise and boldly readable, this translation captures the momentous scale and sweep of Marx’s thought while recovering the elegance and humor of the original source.
The SLE Salons create lively and provocative discussions on a range of diverse topics and feature writers, artists, and thinkers at SLE’s homebase in Florence Moore Hall. Salon events are free
and open to the campus and the public.

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Date:
February 8
Time:
12:15 am - 1:15 am
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Website:
https://events.stanford.edu/event/sle-salon-a-new-translation-of-marxs-capital

Venue

Florence Moore Hall, Structured Liberal Education Lounge