Das Kapital: the secret of the simple form of value

Abstract

In what concerns the entire Marxian corpus, the first chapter of Das Kapital, in which the form of value is analyzed, is by far the most controversial, misinterpreted, distorted, if not directly overlooked ... this does not occur with any other work of this author. The reason for this is that this chapter reveals what “lies” beyond what we take for granted (the a priori) and, therefore, questions the bases that govern our perception of what we call "reality". The goal of this article is to interpret the content of this chapter and to make it more understandable.