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Which Translation of Capital to Read? (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Cowbee@hexbear.net to c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml

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2025 is the year I plan on reading Volumes 1-3 of Capital. I understand that Marxists.org has the Moore/Engels version, but most people seem to prefer the Fowkes translation in Penguin. Recently, there is the Reitter translation of Volume 1 that supposedly uses a later original German edition of Capital as the base than the widely beloved Fowkes translation, but I am not sure if anyone has any experience with it yet.

Which would you recommend for someone diving into Capital for the first time? I'd prefer a physical version (to take notes) but I am not too fussed if its an ebook, I'm not incapable of using a notebook or anything instead of direct annotation.

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[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Haha, I have trimmed my theory "need to read" list to around 30 more works, 3 of which are Capital but others are around 30 minutes of reading, some are 10 hours, etc. I plan on making my way through it in 2025, though that will be difficult... and I still plan on reading more afterwards.

Will let you know if I go with Reitter though!