I got through the first volume. I found first half somewhat tedious if I’m honest, but the second half is fantastic. I see how the first half sets up the foundation for the rest, but it’s still a slog.
You can definitely see Marx explaining things in a metaphysical sense and one that relies a lot on phenomenology (rather than economic positivism that we usually see nowadays).
I got through the first volume. I found first half somewhat tedious if I’m honest, but the second half is fantastic. I see how the first half sets up the foundation for the rest, but it’s still a slog.
I liked the part where Karl Marx pointed out that Britain also had an opium crisis.
Yeah, there are a lot of great bits like that in it. These are a few of my personal favorites that are extremely relevant today:
You can definitely see Marx explaining things in a metaphysical sense and one that relies a lot on phenomenology (rather than economic positivism that we usually see nowadays).
most definitely
They caused an opium crisis in China, so yeah, they had one even if they never had a domestic one.
I mean, they did have a domestic one in Great Britain. Karl Marx was documenting this fact.