Reading Marx's Capital with David Harvey » capital

Getting Started

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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 Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx. The page numbers Professor Harvey refers to are valid for both the Penguin Classics and Vintage Books editions of Capital. Help finding the text.

Go to Class 1, Introduction

Reading Marx’s Capital – Class 1, Introduction

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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 ‘Download to’. On a Mac Control-click instead of right-click.)

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Go to Class 2, Chapters 1-2

Reading Marx’s Capital – Class 2, Chapters 1-2

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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 PC right-click on an above file and click ‘Save as’ or ‘Download to’. On a Mac Control-click instead of right-click.)

Problems viewing or downloading files? Try a mirror site: archive.org, blip.tv, or Vimeo.

Discuss the course.

Go to Class 3, Chapter 3

Reading Marx’s Capital – Class 3, Chapter 3

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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 an above file and click ‘Save as’ or ‘Download to’. On a Mac Control-click instead of right-click.)

Problems viewing or downloading files? Try a mirror site: archive.org, blip.tv, or Vimeo.

Discuss the course.

Go to Class 4, Chapters 4-6

Reading Marx’s Capital – Class 4, Chapters 4-6

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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 MB) | Audio MP3 (66.6 MB) OGG (61.7 MB).

(To download on a PC right-click on an above file and click ‘Save as’ or ‘Download to’. On a Mac Control-click instead of right-click.)

Problems viewing or downloading files? Try a mirror site: archive.org, blip.tv, or Vimeo.

Discuss the course.

Go to Class 5, Chapters 7-9

Reading Marx’s Capital – Class 5, Chapters 7-9

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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 MB) | Audio MP3 (66.1 MB) OGG (57.5 MB).

(To download on a PC right-click on an above file and click ‘Save as’ or ‘Download to’. On a Mac Control-click instead of right-click.)

Problems viewing or downloading files? Try a mirror site: archive.org, blip.tv, or Vimeo.

Discuss the course.

Go to Class 6, Chapters 10-11

New Discussion Space

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Visit Reading Capital to discuss David Harvey’s course with others. Reading Capital is an independent discussion space created for this course by Instructional Technologist and blogger Jim Groom. Join the discussion forums, sign up for a blog, add your feed, edit the wiki, or join a twitter-like discussion space here.

Reading Marx’s Capital – Class 6, Chapters 10-11

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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 download on a PC right-click on an above file and click ‘Save as’ or ‘Download to’. On a Mac Control-click instead of right-click.)

Problems viewing or downloading files? Try a mirror site: archive.org, blip.tv, or Vimeo.

Discuss the course.

Go to Class 7, Chapters 12-14

Reading Marx’s Capital – Class 7, Chapters 12-14

admin — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:42:52 +0000

Chapter 12: The Concept of Relative Surplus-Value
Chapter 13: Co-operation
Chapter 14: The Division of Labour and Manufacture

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

Listen now:

Class 7 Files: Video MOV (283.6 MB) M4V (596.9 MB) | Audio MP3 (69.5 MB) OGG (62.2 MB).

(To download on a PC right-click on an above file and click ‘Save as’ or ‘Download to’. On a Mac Control-click instead of right-click.)

Problems viewing or downloading files? Try a mirror site: archive.org, blip.tv, or Vimeo.

Discuss the course.

Go to Class 8, Chapter 15

Reading Marx’s Capital – Class 8, Chapter 15

admin — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:00:39 +0000

Chapter 15: Machinery and Large-Scale Industry, Sections 1-3.

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

Listen now:

Class 8 Files: Video MOV (275.4 MB) M4V (577.9 MB) | Audio MP3 (67.5 MB) OGG (59.5 MB).

(To download on a PC right-click on an above file and click ‘Save as’ or ‘Download to’. On a Mac Control-click instead of right-click.)

Problems viewing or downloading files? Try a mirror site: archive.org, blip.tv, or Vimeo.

Discuss the course.

Go to Class 9, Chapter 15 continued