A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy

First published in 1859, A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy would later go on to be incorporated into Marx’s seminal work, Capital, Volume 1. The “Preface” to A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy is where Marx first elaborated some of his main theories: the materialist conception of history, and its associated “base and superstructure” model of society. This work is published in conjunction with the PCUSA’s Jones-Foster School for Party Education.