Value in Marx: The Persistence of Value in a More-Than-Capitalist World

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Long prone to dogmatic disagreement, the question of value in Marx's thoughtwhat value is, the purpose it serves, its application to real-world capitalismrequires renewal if Marx's work is to remain vibrant. In Value in Marx, George Henderson offers a lucid rereading of Marx that strips value of its turgid theoretical reduction and reframes it as an investigation into the tensions between social relations and forms as they are rather than as what they could otherwise become.

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"Marxs writings have inspired an extraordinary corpus of writing designed to understand and change capitalism. However, while many have tried to wear his boots, few have journeyed in genuinely new directions while holding Marxs compass. Henderson here finds contemporary value in Marxs writings in ways both faithful and surprising."Noel Castree, Manchester University

"Value in Marx offers a truly original readingitself a rare thingbacked by virtuosic textual analysis of Marx and a near-impeccable awareness of the wider literature. One cannot ask for much more." David B. Clarke, Swansea University

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George Henderson is associate professor of geography at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of California and the Fictions of Capital and coeditor of Geographic Thought: A Praxis Perspective.