Who is the author of das kapital

Foundational theoretical text of Karl Marx

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Capital: A Critique of Political Economy (German: Das Kapital.

Kritik der politischen Ökonomie), also known as Capital and Das Kapital (German pronunciation:[daskapiˈtaːl]), is a foundational theoretical text in materialist philosophy and critique of political economy written by Karl Marx, published as three volumes in 1867, 1885, and 1894.

The culmination of his life's work, the text contains Marx's analysis of capitalism, to which he sought to apply his theory of historical materialism "to lay bare the economic law of motion of modern society", following from classical political economists such as Adam Smith and David Ricardo.

The text's second and third volumes were completed from Marx's notes after his death and published by his colleague Friedrich Engels.