Class analyses in capital

[boxinghefner]

i've been told that Marx expands upon the fairly simplistic outline of class relations provided in the Communist Manifeso within Capital; though am unsure where/how true this is. Any pointers would be great.

[ComradeRed]

Well...I've misplaced my copy of Capital at the moment, but I'll use MIA's copy. Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value, that is where a great deal of the conditions leading up to Capitalism (i.e. how capitalism comes about).

Part VII: The Accumulation of Capital; this deals with the dynamics of capitalism.

Part VIII: Primitive Accumulation; this deals with the (then Modern) status of capitalism dealing with colonialism and so forth.

[KC]

i've been told that Marx expands upon the fairly simplistic outline of class relations provided in the Communist Manifeso within Capital; though am unsure where/how true this is. Any pointers would be great.

Marx's class analysis in the Manifesto wasn't simplistic; rather, it was a summary of his theories on class and class struggle and because of that it might initially seem simplistic.

[boxinghefner]

Marx's class analysis in the Manifesto wasn't simplistic; rather, it was a summary of his theories on class and class struggle and because of that it might initially seem simplistic.

aha, do you have any pointers to those areas within which Marx expands upon this summary?

IT was my understanding that this is an area that has remained relatively undertheorised within Capital, Marx of course not finishing the chapter within the third volume on class relations, though any general points welcomed.

[KC]

If you want a better clarification on Marx's theories of class and class struggle, I highly suggest the book From Feudalism to Capitalism: Marxian Theories of Class Struggle and Social Change by Claudio J. Katz. That probably deals with the problem the best.