Das Kapital (Variety Artworks)
Description
It's a manga adaptation of "Das Kapital" by Karl Marx. It's published under まんがで読破 by East Press, which is a series of paperback manga who are adaptations of masterpieces of literature. It provides an introduction to the German socialist's original work, written in 1867. The targeted readers are office workers in their 30s.
The fictionalized Vol. 1 of "Das Kapital" chronicles a cheese factory run by protagonist Robin, who rebels against his father's socialist principles and becomes a slave driver after teaming up with a cold-blooded capitalist investor. But Robin struggles between his capitalist ambitions and his sense of guilt over the exploitation of his workers.
Alternative titles
- El Capital
- Le Capital
- Shin Shihonron
- 新・資本論
- Capital in Manga!
- Shihonron
- Capital
- Das Kapital
- El Capital, el manga
- New Das Kapital
- Капитал
Chapters (10)
- Chapter 9: The Economic CrisisVol. 2
- Chapter 8: Banks and TrustVol. 2
- Chapter 7: The Contradictions of Capitalist SocietyVol. 2
- Chapter 6: The Search For ProfitVol. 2
- Chapter 5: Goods, Money and Surplus ValueVol. 2
- Chapter 4: ValueVol. 1
- Chapter 3: The Buying and Selling of LaborVol. 1
- Chapter 2: ExploitationVol. 1
- Chapter 1: Overproduction of CapitalVol. 1
- Chapter 0Vol. 1