The Poverty of Philosophy; Marx, 1847 — Reference points #2

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This episode features an audio reading of Karl Marx's 'The Poverty of Philosophy' published in 1847.

Audio of "The Poverty of Philosophy" by Karl Marx, published in 1847. Read online at: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/poverty-philosophy/ (including pdf and docx). Recording based on https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Poverty_of_Philosophy See the article on it here https://workersliberty.org/story/2026-05-05/our-reference-points-1-debunking-religion-class-struggle And study notes: https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2019-04-11/poverty-philosophy-notes-study-sessions Contents and (approximate) timestamps: 00:00 Translator's foreword; Preface by Engels from 1884; Author's Preface Chapter 1 — A Scientific Discovery: 43:05 Ch. 1 Section 1 — Opposition of Utility Value to Exchange Value 1:09:04 Ch. 1 Section 2 — Constituted or Synthetic Value 2:03:10 Ch. 1 Section 3 — Application of the Law of the Proportion of Value: (a) Money, (b) Surplus Labour Chapter 2 — The Metaphysics of Political Economy: 2:54:39 Ch. 2 Section 1 — The Method 3:42:35 Ch. 2 Section 2 — The Division of Labor and Machinery 4:19:37 Ch. 2 Section 3 — Competition and Monopoly 4:37:58 Ch. 2 Section 4 — Property and Rent 5:02:48 Ch. 2 Section 5 — Strikes and the Combination of Workmen Appendices…

People in this episode

Host: Workers' Liberty

Topics covered

• Marxism
• Political Economy
• Value Theory
• Labor
• Philosophy
• Economic Theory

Keywords

• Marx
• Poverty of Philosophy
• Political Economy
• Value
• Labor Theory
• Economic Philosophy

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Organizations: Workers' Liberty

Books & works: The Poverty of Philosophy

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