Karl Marx: Das Kapital

I would have enjoyed this title if it had actually contained at least a few hours of the original text of the book it purports to be. Unfortunately its almost entirely commentary and spends more time refuting Marx than letting the reader hear his thoughts. The voice actors with foreign accents were also in my opinion unnecessary. A shortened version of this title would be great as an introduction to the actual work. Audible really needs to find some better recordings for the works of Marx.

Not that I should be surprised at the anti-Marx sentiment given that this was produced in 1988, but this was more about Marx and his ideas, some of which were central to Das Kapital. I was more of an apologists response to Capitalism. Having recently, finished listening to Marx' Capital, I decided to give this a chance. It seems that the primary motivation was to discredit certain aspects of Marx' thought and without always providing appropriate context. At least the closing statement was that the "Communists in Russia had little to do with Marxism."

It would have been better had the author not been an anti-communist. He made straw man arguments out of Capital, useless book.

Author should have tried harder to capture the essence of Marx's work, not refute it (using straw man arguments.

Because of the title, I mistakenly purchased this when I wanted Das Kapital itself. That said, was prepared to take interest in it as a secondary source - but found it childishly simplistic, as if written to inspire school children (filled with the sort of irrelevant, trumped up biographical commentary that reminds me of picture books about Abraham Lincoln and George Washington). I could perhaps have gotten past all that - were it not for the quotations from Marx read with a "German" accent.

Karl Marx. In his own words. Without the accent.

see all of the above.

The biographer.

Don't bother.

A died in the wool, committed capitalist would like this book very much as it presents the capitalist perception of the ideas of Karl Marx.

probably not.

the narator was fine. i would listen to other works read by him.

i would cut Mr. Steele and let Karl's Ideas stand or fall on their own merit.

This book should have been marketed as A Capitalist's View of Karl Marx's Das Kapital. I believed it to be a translation from the German. I was interested in the Ideas of Marx, not Mr. Steele's opinions.

This review is only because the book isn't what it appears to be. This is *not* Das Kapital by Karl Marx, it's a commentary on Marx's work.

If someone's looking for Marx's actual work, certainly not. For someone wanting Marx to be explained to them, with occasional quotes from Das Kapital surrounded by refutations, historical context or rationalizations, this is probably for them.

Yes, though the accents were unnecessary, a little cartoonish and made parts of the recording difficult to understand.

The title is actually the misleading part. If it had been "Marx's Kapital: A Commentary" or similar, it would have been clear what this work is.

Author of the collected excerpts should not have included such copious and obvious negative opinions and points about the work. Historical context and some opinion is appreciated, but this goes way over the top. I wish it focused more on citing the text, and explaining the issues without being so pushy trying to de-legitimate the ideas- They speak for themselves.

yes, if the genre is "extreme editorial of major texts"

clear, authoritative, direct

well, actually, i was trying to find the original work unabridged, so i would have cut everything the author added.

this is a terrible version to buy if you are not already familiar with the original text.. also it is worthless if you already are familiar. overall, do not buy.

This is a capitalist interpretation and criticism of Das Kapital selling itself as the original

This audio book is not Das Kapital even though it's very clearly labeled as if it is.

This is an audio book making commentary and criticism of Das Kapital The arguments can be appreciated as a they contextualize some of Marx's arguments to their time and allow the listener to compare them to more modern economic and technological realities. However they're also sometimes overly dismissive of Marx and even occasionally come off as attacks on his character or motives.

I feel the author did, for the most part, try to be objective but it is imperfect for sure.

If you've gone over Das Kapital this may be a good listen to hear the perspective of someone who would argue against it. The arguments are not always poor, but they definitely show a bias at times.

This should honestly be titled "Commentaries on Das Kapital".

Why did David Ramsay Steele disappoint me?
I'd like to start by saying that I loved the detail and the inclusion of many other great thinkers
When i bought this book though, i was trying to learn more about what Marx had to say, I just wish Steele would have kept it as objective as possible