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David Harvey Awarded an Honorary Degree at the University of Bristol

From the press release:

“Human geographer Professor David Harvey is being awarded a Doctor of Science degree for a lifetime of innovative and internationally recognised work.

Professor Harvey published his first book Explanation in Geography while working at the University of Bristol between 1961 and 1968.

He’s described as the most influential human geographer of the late 20th and early 21st century, with work now spanning over 50 years and covering more than 40 disciplines.

An honorary degree is a major accolade, awarded in recognition of outstanding achievement and distinction in a field or activity consonant with the University’s mission.”

Read the speech.

Professor Harvey also gave a lecture titled “The Urbanisation of Class Struggle” at the University of Bristol on July 17, 2012.

Reading Marx’s Capital Vol 2 – Class 6, Vol 3 Chapters 21-26

Capital, Volume 3
Part Five: The Division of Profit into Interest and Profit of Enterprise. (Interest-Bearing Capital)

Chapter 21: Interest-Bearing Capital
Chapter 22: Division of Profit. Rate of Interest. ‘Natural’ Rate of Interest.
Chapter 23: Interest and Profit of Enterprise
Chapter 24: Interest-Bearing Capital as the Superficial Form of the Capital Relation
Chapter 25: Credit and Fictitious Capital
Chapter 26: Accumulation of Money-Capital, and its Influence on the Rate of Interest.

The page numbers Professor Harvey refers to are valid for the Penguin Classics editions of Capital Volumes 2 and 3.

Listen now:

Class 6 Files: Video MP4 (442.7 MB) M4V (475.5 MB) | Audio MP3 (87 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? View on: YouTube, Vimeo, or Archive.org.

Additional formats coming soon.

Handout Class 6


Marxs_Capital-Vol-2 These lectures were the inspiration for the book: A Companion to Marx’s Capital, Volume 2 published by Verso in 2013.


© 2012 David Harvey

Creative Commons LicenseReading Marx’s Capital Volume II with David Harvey is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

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