Reading ‘Capital’ with Sam Chambers

November 2016 – January 2017

Part 1: Wednesday 30th of November, Pavilion Parade,

10.30-12.30

In preparation for the arrival of Sam Chambers (visiting Leverhulme Professor), who is currently working on Marx’s Capital, we will be reading chapters one and two of Michael Heinrich’s An Introduction to the three volumes of Karl Marx’s Capital. A pdf of this text is available for members of the reading group.

Reading: Heinrich, Michael An Introduction to the three volumes of Karl Marx’s Capital New York: Monthly Review Press, pp.13-38.

Part 2: Wednesday 14th of December, Pavilion Parade,

10.30-12.30

Reading: chapters three and four of Heinrich, Michael, An Introduction to the three volumes of Karl Marx’s Capital, New York: Monthly Review Press, pp.39-98.

Part 3 (led by Sam): Wednesday 11th of January, Pavilion Parade,

3-5pm

For the next three weeks we read the introductory sections of Marx’s Capital, volume 1. Sam Chambers will be leading this reading group. In this first session, we will focus on Marx’s account of commodities, money, fetishism and exchange.

Marx, Karl (1976), Chapters 1-2 of Capital volume 1, London, Penguin Books, pp. 125-187.

Wednesday 18th of January, Pavilion Parade,

3-5pm

The second session considers Marx’s account of the relationship between money and the circulation of commodities, including Marx’s anticipation of World Money.

Marx, Karl (1976), Chapter 3 of Capital volume 1, London, Penguin Books, pp.188-247

Part 4 (led by Sam): Wednesday 25th of January, Pavilion Parade,

3-5pm

The last of our sessions on Capital considers Marx’s account of the relationship between labour, value and surplus value.

Marx, Karl (1976), Chapters 4-7 of Capital volume 1, London, Penguin Books, pp.247-307