Bornhausen, Stéphane

Introduction to an extract from Karl Marx’s Manuscripts of 1844: “The Power of Money in Bourgeois Society”  - 2016.


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In this excerpt from the Manuscripts of 1844, entitled “The Power of Money in Bourgeois Society,” Karl Marx presents money as a highly ambivalent power, both divine and perverse. The essay is suggestive, attesting to reflection on the human consequences of mercantile exchanges.