A close reading of the text of Karl Marx’s Capital Volume I in 12 lectures by Professor David Harvey. Recorded at The People’s Forum in New York City in 2019.

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Syllabus

  • Class 1, Prefaces and postfaces by Marx and Engles as well as the first section of Chapter One “The Commodity” (“The Two Factors of the Commodity”), pages 89-131.
  • Class 2, Chapter 1
  • Class 3, Chapters 2 & 3
  • Class 4, Chapters 4, 5 & 6
  •  Class 5, Chapters 7, 8 & 9
  • Class 6, Chapters 10 & 11
  • Class 7: Chapters 12, 13 & 14
  • Class 8: Chapter 15 (first part)
  • Class 9: Chapter 15 (second part)
  • Class 10: Chapters 23 & 24
  • Class 11: Chapter 25
  • Class 12: Chapters 26-33

The page numbers Professor Harvey refers to are valid for both the Penguin Classics and Vintage Books editions of Capital.

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