Fall 2020: A Reading Group on the Fundamentals of Political Economy Criticism
Fall 2020
F 2-4PM, all meetings held over Zoom
This reading group is open to everyone. Questions? Feel free to write to us at variationswgroup@gmail.com or unite to our mailing list.
Main text:
Marx, Karl. Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy (Rough Draft). 1973. Translated with a foreword by Martin Nicolaus, Penguin Books in association with New Left Review, 1993.
***We strongly suggest buying a copy of the Penguin edition in order to have the most thoughtful experience and to be able to move back and forth collectively at all times.***
Reading calendar (Fall 2020):
- August 21: Introduction, p. 83-111
- September 18: The Chapter on Money, p. 115-238
- October 16: The Chapter on Capital, p. 239-304
- November 13: The Chapter on Capital, p. 304-370
- December 11: The Chapter on Capital, pages 373-423
- To be continued
To access, please contact variationswgroup@gmail.com
Other available resources:
David Harvey’s lectures on reading the Grundrisse: http://davidharvey.org/2020/01/reading-marxs-grundrisse/
Musto, Marcello. Karl Marx’s Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy 150 Years Later. Routledge, 2008.
