Acknowledgements; Introduction Why Explore Marx's Concept of the Transcendence of Value-Production? Why Now?; The object and purpose of this study; Objectivist and subjectivist approaches to Marx's philosophical contribution; Chapter One The Transcendence of Alienation in the Writings of the Young Marx; Marx's beginnings, 1837-41; Marx's critique of politics and philosophy, 1842-3; Marx's critique of economics and philosophy, 1843-4; Discerning the ideal within the real, 1845-8; Evaluating the young Marx's concept of a postcapitalist society

Chapter Two The Conception of a Postcapitalist Society in the Drafts of CapitalThe 'first draft' of Capital: The Poverty of Philosophy (1847); The 'second draft' of Capital: the Grundrisse (1858); The 'third draft' of Capital, 1861-3; Chapter Three The Vision of the New Society in Marx's Capital; Volume I of Capital; Volumes II and III of Capital; Chapter Four Marx's Late Writings on Postcapitalist Society; The impact of the Paris Commune on Marx; The Critique of the Gotha Programme; Conclusion Evaluating Marx's Concept of a Postcapitalist Society

Appendix Translation of Marx's Excerpt-Notes on the Chapter 'Absolute Knowledge' in Hegel's Phenomenology of SpiritReferences; Index