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, 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.