This is the first class of a free semester-long open course consisting of a close reading of the text of Marx’s Capital Volume II (plus parts of Volume III) in 12 video lectures by Professor David Harvey. David Harvey is a Distinguished Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center in the Anthropology and Geography PhD programs. [...]
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Help Make the Capital Lectures More Accessible
Posted in capital on Oct 21st, 2011
Do you have a few minutes to spare to help make the Capital lectures available to speakers of languages other than English? We are making good progress in the Capital Lectures Transcription and Translation Project. We are now focused on correcting the English transcription of the first five lectures. To help, go to this site [...]
This Friday, January 27th, the first video from the new Reading Marx’s Capital Volume II series will debut on this website. The sequel to Reading Marx’s Capital Volume I, this free semester-long open course consists of a close reading of the text of Marx’s Capital Volume II (plus parts of Volume III) in 12 video lectures by Professor [...]
Getting Started
Posted in capital on Jun 11th, 2008
David Harvey has been teaching Karl Marx’s Capital, Volume I for nearly 40 years, and his lectures are now available online for the first time. This open course consists of 13 video lectures of Professor Harvey’s close chapter by chapter reading of Capital, Volume I. The text for this course is Capital, Volume 1: A [...]
Reading Marx’s Capital – Class 1, Introduction
Posted in capital on Jun 12th, 2008
The page numbers Professor Harvey refers to are valid for both the Penguin Classics and Vintage Books editions of Capital. Listen now: Class 1 Files: Video MOV (308.9 MB) M4V (657.7 MB) | Audio MP3 (76.3 MB) OGG (72.7 MB). (To download on a PC right-click on an above file and click ‘Save as’ or [...]
Reading Marx’s Capital – Class 2, Chapters 1-2
Posted in capital on Jun 13th, 2008
Chapter 1: The Commodity Chapter 2: The Process of Exchange (1:28:17) The page numbers Professor Harvey refers to are valid for both the Penguin Classics and Vintage Books editions of Capital. Listen now: Class 2 Files: Video MOV (294 MB) M4V (624.8 MB) | Audio MP3 (60.6 MB) OGG (68.7 MB). (To download on a [...]
Reading Marx’s Capital – Class 3, Chapter 3
Posted in capital on Jun 20th, 2008
Chapter 3: Money, or the Circulation of Commodities The page numbers Professor Harvey refers to are valid for both the Penguin Classics and Vintage Books editions of Capital. Listen now: Class 3 Files: Video MOV (306.9 MB) M4V (646.4 MB) | Audio MP3 (75.2 MB) OGG (74.9 MB). (To download on a PC right-click on [...]
Reading Marx’s Capital – Class 4, Chapters 4-6
Posted in capital on Jun 27th, 2008
Chapter 4: The General Formula for Capital Chapter 5: Contradictions in the General Formula (29:49) Chapter 6: The Sale and Purchase of Labour-Power (47:43) The page numbers Professor Harvey refers to are valid for both the Penguin Classics and Vintage Books editions of Capital. Listen now: Class 4 Files: Video MOV (271.2 MB) M4V (573.1 [...]
Reading Marx’s Capital – Class 5, Chapters 7-9
Posted in capital on Jul 4th, 2008
Chapter 7: The Labour Process and the Valorization Process Chapter 8: Constant Capital and Variable Capital (1:03:31) Chapter 9: The Rate of Surplus-Value (1:14:38) The page numbers Professor Harvey refers to are valid for both the Penguin Classics and Vintage Books editions of Capital. Listen now: Class 5 Files: Video MOV (267.1 MB) M4V (562.2 [...]
Reading Marx’s Capital – Class 6, Chapters 10-11
Posted in capital on Jul 11th, 2008
Chapter 10: The Working Day Chapter 11: The Rate and Mass of Surplus-Value (1:42:48) The page numbers Professor Harvey refers to are valid for both the Penguin Classics and Vintage Books editions of Capital. Listen now: Class 6 Files: Video MOV (296.4 MB) M4V (629.8 MB) | Audio MP3 (73.3 MB) OGG (66.5 MB). (To [...]






