Gespräch
Translating Marx’s ‘Capital’ in the Twenty-First Century

Frankfurter Buchmesse

Frankfurter Buchmesse

This event introduces the first new English translation of Marx’s ‘Capital’ in fifty years. Reitter will explain how the new rendering reflects the circumstances of its production and how it differs from the earlier efforts, comparing, for example, what the different translations do with Marx’s conceptual language and some of the key literary features of his text.

Time: 15.10.2025, 10:30-11:00
Place: Zentrum Wort (Halle 4.1, F21)

Speaker: Prof. Paul Reitter, translator and recipient of this year's Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize.
Moderator: Riky Stock, Frankfurter Buchmesse

Details

Frankfurter Buchmesse

Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1
60327 Frankfurt am Main

Sprache: Englisch


Diese Veranstaltung ist Teil der Veranstaltungsreihe Das Goethe-Institut auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse .