The Origins of CapitaliSm al. gins Capitalism no BAECHLER by translated Barry Cooper BASIL BLACKWELL OXFORD (cid:127) © in this translation Basil Blackwell 1975 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or 'DY any means, electronic, riiechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of Basil Blackwell 86 Mott Limited ISBN o 631 16320 4 Originally published as Les Or1;gz'nes du capitalisms @ Editions Gallimard, Paris 1971 and translated by arrangement Set in Monotype Bemba Printed in Great Britain by -\X/'estern Printing Services Ltd., Bristol and bound at the Kemp Hall Bindery, Oxford Contents m r ECU Introduction 1 Part One: Marx's Theory I The German Ideology 7 2. The Grz4t2drz'5se I 3 Capital 20 Part Two: What is Ca_ pftal:'sm? 4 False Trails 29 5 The Essence of Capitalism 51 of Part Three: The Genesis Capitalism 6 The Genesis oriole Bourgeois 63 7 The Genesis of the Market 3 8 The Genesis of the Entrepreneur and the Technologist 87 9 The Genesis of the Labourer and the Consumer 98 IO The Contemporary Basis of the Capitalist Spirit 106 Conclusion 1 I3 For Fabienne