My Critical Summaries of Volume 1 of Marx’s Capital

Marx published volume 1 of Capital in German in 1867 (by the publisher Meissner of Hamburg), but this was the only volume of Capital, which was a proposed 4 volume work on economics, to be published in Marx’s lifetime. Volumes 2 and 3 were edited and published by Engels after the death of Marx. No English translation of volume 1 appeared in Marx’s lifetime either.

In the summaries below, I have used these two translations of volume 1:

Marx, Karl. 1906. Capital. A Critique of Political Economy (vol. 1; rev. trans. by Ernest Untermann from 4th German edn.). The Modern Library, New York.

Marx, Karl. 1990. Capital. A Critique of Political Economy. Volume One (trans. Ben Fowkes). Penguin Books, London.

For an overview of the origin of Capital and its relation to Marx’s other writings, as well as study guides to Capital, see below:

(1) “Study Guides to and Overviews of Marx’s Capital,” June 10, 2015.

(2) “Prolegomena to the Study of Marx’s Capital (Updated),” June 2, 2015.

The chapter by chapter critical summaries are below:

(1) “Prolegomena to the Study of Marx’s Capital (Updated),” June 2, 2015.

(2) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 1: A Critical Summary, Part 1 (Updated),” June 21, 2015.

(3) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 1: A Critical Summary, Part 2,” June 26, 2015.

(4) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 2: A Critical Summary,” June 4, 2015.

(5) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 3: A Critical Summary,” June 12, 2015.

(6) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 4: A Critical Summary,” July 4, 2015.

(7) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 5: A Critical Summary,” July 6, 2015.

(8) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 6: A Critical Summary,” July 13, 2015.

(9) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 7: A Critical Summary,” July 31, 2015.

(10) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 8: A Critical Summary,” August 2, 2015.

(11) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 9: A Critical Summary,” December 19, 2015.

(12) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 10: A Critical Summary,” February 3, 2016.

(13) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 11: A Critical Summary,” February 7, 2016.

(14) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 12: A Critical Summary,” February 11, 2016.

(15) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 13: A Critical Summary,” February 12, 2016.

(16) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 14: A Critical Summary,” March 9, 2016.

(17) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 15: A Critical Summary, Part 1,” March 17, 2016.

(18) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 15: A Critical Summary, Part 2,” March 18, 2016.

(19) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 16: A Critical Summary,” March 20, 2016.

(20) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 17: A Critical Summary,” March 21, 2016.

(21) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 18: A Critical Summary,” March 23, 2016.

(22) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 19: A Critical Summary,” March 24, 2016.

(23) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 20: A Critical Summary,” March 26, 2016.

(24) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 21: A Critical Summary,” March 28, 2016.

(25) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 22: A Critical Summary,” April 4, 2016.

(26) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 23: A Critical Summary,” April 10, 2016.

(27) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 24: A Critical Summary,” April 14, 2016.

(28) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 25: A Critical Summary,” April 16, 2016.

(29) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 26: A Critical Summary,” April 17, 2016.

(30) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 27: A Critical Summary,” April 18, 2016.

(31) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 28: A Critical Summary,” April 19, 2016.

(32) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 29: A Critical Summary,” April 20, 2016.

(33) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 30: A Critical Summary,” April 20, 2016.

(34) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 31: A Critical Summary,” April 20, 2016.

(35) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 32: A Critical Summary,” April 21, 2016.

(36) “Marx’s Capital, Volume 1, Chapter 33: A Critical Summary,” April 22, 2016.