Comments on: I just realized I need to read Marx’s Capital

By: bazza

bazza — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:09:17 +0000

Thanks for putting this up. It's given me a real kick up the arse. When I retired 5 years ago, I did so with the clear intention of re-reading Marx's work. And then something cropped up… and then another…and another……

Now i'm comletely re-incentivised and I'm going to use the classes on David Harvey's website as I go through Vol1 and the Grundrisse after a 40 year gap.

By: db0

db0 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:38:12 +0000

Thanks. I will check it out as well

By: Marx Woot

Marx Woot — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:26:51 +0000

You might also want to check out "Reading Capital Politically" by Harry Cleaver: http://infoshop.org/texts/cleaver_rcp.pdf

By: dxtr

dxtr — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:34:29 +0000

The world might keep on trying to bullshit Marx, but he was the most realistic and cynical of all thinkers. We studied Marx in my 1st semester and I must say that he got one thing right, and that one thing was Economic Determinism. Its this economic determinism that forms the core of all his theories.

By: db0

db0 — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:20:50 +0000

I followed along with the Marxists.org copy of Capital, which didn't jive perfectly but I managed to limp along.

You mean that it doesn't fit with the page numbers and the like? Does the content differ by much?

But I agree that Harvey is going to be a great help and I already think that he's a good lecturer

By: vktrsx

vktrsx — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:15:40 +0000

Heh, when I saw the blurb on your front page I was going to suggest you check out Harvey's video course. I confess I'd have never gotten through Capital without it, and I still didn't entirely grasp it, but I was left with enough basic understanding to know that most of Marx's critics are fucking ideologues who almost certainly understand him less well than I do.

Anyway Harvey's course is fucking brilliant. I just love the guy. It's hard to determine how long the entire course is because you can't see the length of each video until it's fully loaded, but it's got to be over 20 hours. I watched a little bit every night for what seemed like a month.

Enjoy the rest of it. I followed along with the Marxists.org copy of Capital, which didn't jive perfectly but I managed to limp along.