Das Kapital Vol. 1
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Primary References
Reading Plan
Week 1
Presenter: Comrade Elephant
Required Reading
- Capital Vol.1 (pp. 5 - 15)
- Preface to the Second Edition
- The beginning of chapter 1.1
- up to and including the paragraph that begins with "Let's now consider two commodities - for instance, wheat and iron..."
- How to Read Marx's Capital (pp. 1 - 53)
- Preface
- Introduction
- Commentary on the beginning of Capital
- Preface to the First Edition (** oops, this is where we already find a divergence because Heinrich is commenting on a different version!)
- Part One: Commodities and Money (up to page 53 before section C)
Optional Material
- Film: The young Karl Marx
- Lecture (Youtube): How Marx became a Communist
Week 2
Presenter: Comrade Elephant
Required Reading
- Capital Vol. 1 (pp. 13-19)
- Chapter 1.1 The Two Factors of the Commodity (Use-Value and Value)
- How to Read Marx's Capital (pp. 47-79)
- NOTE: there is a lot more to read in Heinrich, because he takes a lot of time to really dig into what Marx is saying. In other words, Marx is dense and terse, Heinrich is intentionally more verbose.
Optional Material
- David Harvey at The People's Forum
- useful to get some perspective other than Heinrich!