Karl Marx’s Grundrisse

Marcello Musto teaches at the Department of Political Science at York University, Canada.

• List of figures, Notes on contributors, Foreword, Acknowledgements, Prologue, PART I Grundrisse: critical interpretations, PART II Marx at the time of Grundrisse, PART III Dissemination and reception of Grundrisse in the world, Index

"Nothing Marx wrote has better illustrated the complexity of his thought and the enormous array of the world’s appreciation of it than the Grundrisse. This collection of essays gives one an indispensable entry into understanding better what Marx has to offer the world today and the social bases of the multiple Marxisms."Immanuel Wallerstein, Yale University"In this edited collection of essays by international scholars, Marcello Musto has helped to chart the recognition and influence of one of Marx’s most important, methodologically rich – and most neglected – texts: the Grundrisse. The volume is the fruit of many years of sustained and devoted scholarship, his chapter on the ‘1857 Introduction’ is one of the finest in the collection."Stuart Hall, Open University"Karl Marx’s Grundrisse is a magnificent volume, which also serves as a global map of world Marxist theory."Fredric Jameson, Duke University "Over the last two decades, Marx’s Grundrisse has increasingly been seen as the key text to the understanding his work. An up-to-date discussion of the Grundrisse is therefore much to be welcomed. And when it is of the consistently high quality that Marcello Musto has here put together, scholars of Marx can only rejoice." David Mclellan, Goldsmiths College, University of London."Karl Marx’s Grundrisse represents a major resource for studies on Marx. It is a key text for understanding his critique of political economy; but also – and no less importantly – it makes visible the questions that Marx did not develop later in Capital, such as capitalism as a global system, ecology, and the contours of a post-capitalistic society. This volume is required reading for all serious students of Marx."Samir Amin, Third World Forum"At a time when Marx’s writings are once again attracting ever-wider circles of readers seeking to understand yet another global capitalist crisis, Marcello Musto has produced an edited volume devoted to Marx’s Grundrisse. The essays of interpretation as well as the studies of both the production of this great work and its reception across many different societies and social contexts make this book an especially timely and valuable contribution to Marx's current ascendancy."Richard D. Wolff, New School University, New York