How to Understand Das Kapital
Read simple versions., Read Das Kapital by Karl Marx (1867)., Make notes on how you understand it. , Imagine the first barter value before currency existed., Imagine the first price., Understand the "Labour Theory of Value" (LTV) and a "commodity"...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Read simple versions.
Value, Price and Profit.
Wage Labour and Capital.
Marx's Kapital for Beginners by David N.
Smith and Phil Evans. -
Step 2: Read Das Kapital by Karl Marx (1867).
Break it down into its constituent parts.
There are 8 parts or 33 chapters.
You could read a page a day or a chapter a month or a week if you prefer.
Commodities and Money The Transformation of Money into Capital The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value The Production of Relative Surplus-Value The Production of Absolute and Relative Surplus-Value Wages The Accumulation of Capital The So-Called Primitive Accumulation ,, When humans first bartered commodities how did they decide the value? How and why and what was it based on? , When humans first exchanged commodities for currency who decided the first price? How and why and what was it based on? , Ask yourself where prices, values, wages and profits come from.
Ask why, if exchange value is based on labour, high exchange values can exist for low labour? Because it is abstracted. ,, Is it always falling? Is it always falling without new markets? , How to Read Marx's Capital by Louis Althusser (1969) and other works by Althusser.
Read Harry M.
Cleaver's Reading Capital Politically (1979).
Read the writings of Ernest Mandel (late 20th Century).
Read Marx's "Das Kapital":
A Biography
- A Book That Shook the World by Francis Wheen (2006).
Reclaiming Marx's Capital by Andrew Kliman.
Marx's Capital by Ben Fine and Alfred Saad-Filho.
A Companion to Marx's Capital by David Harvey. ,,, Brendan M Cooney's Kapitalism 101 blog. -
Step 3: Make notes on how you understand it.
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Step 4: Imagine the first barter value before currency existed.
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Step 5: Imagine the first price.
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Step 6: Understand the "Labour Theory of Value" (LTV) and a "commodity".
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Step 7: Consider studying The Economic Doctrines of Karl Marx (1887)by Karl Kautsky.
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Step 8: Consider the rate of profit.
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Step 9: Read books of interpretations by modern authors.
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Step 10: Do the courses at MarxistEconomics.com (2008) and Resistance Mp3.
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Step 11: Follow NYU Professor David Harvey's blogabout Volume I of Capital.
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Step 12: Watch videos.
Detailed Guide
Value, Price and Profit.
Wage Labour and Capital.
Marx's Kapital for Beginners by David N.
Smith and Phil Evans.
Break it down into its constituent parts.
There are 8 parts or 33 chapters.
You could read a page a day or a chapter a month or a week if you prefer.
Commodities and Money The Transformation of Money into Capital The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value The Production of Relative Surplus-Value The Production of Absolute and Relative Surplus-Value Wages The Accumulation of Capital The So-Called Primitive Accumulation ,, When humans first bartered commodities how did they decide the value? How and why and what was it based on? , When humans first exchanged commodities for currency who decided the first price? How and why and what was it based on? , Ask yourself where prices, values, wages and profits come from.
Ask why, if exchange value is based on labour, high exchange values can exist for low labour? Because it is abstracted. ,, Is it always falling? Is it always falling without new markets? , How to Read Marx's Capital by Louis Althusser (1969) and other works by Althusser.
Read Harry M.
Cleaver's Reading Capital Politically (1979).
Read the writings of Ernest Mandel (late 20th Century).
Read Marx's "Das Kapital":
A Biography
- A Book That Shook the World by Francis Wheen (2006).
Reclaiming Marx's Capital by Andrew Kliman.
Marx's Capital by Ben Fine and Alfred Saad-Filho.
A Companion to Marx's Capital by David Harvey. ,,, Brendan M Cooney's Kapitalism 101 blog.
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