In Defense of the Fowkes Translation of Marx's Capital
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In Defense of the Fowkes Translation of Marx's Capital
Last fall, Princeton University Press published a new edition of Capital to nearly universal praise. In Open Letters Review, David Murphy calls it “marvelous.” In the New York Times, James Miller enthuses that
no previous English version of “Capital” has featured such an erudite critical apparatus or such an exacting translation. It’s a remarkable achiev…
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