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David Harvey explains why the Covid lockdown meant he finally wrote a companion to Marx's infamous notebooks, the Grundrisse.
When leading scholar of Marx, Roman Rosdolsky, first encountered the virtually unknown text of Marx's Grundrisse - his preparatory work for his masterpiece Das Capital - in the 1950s in New York Public Library, he recognized it as "a work of fundamental importance," but declared "its unusual form" and "obscure manner of expression, made it far from suitable for reaching a wide circle of readers."
David Harvey's Companion to Marx's Grundrisse builds upon his widely acclaimed companions to the first and second volumes of Capital. Read more about that book here: versobooks.com/products/2930-a-companion-to-marx-s-grundrisse?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=verso_video
See all our David Harvey reading here: versobooks.com/blogs/authors/harvey-david?utm_campaign=verso_video&utm_medium=social&utm_source=youtube
“An indispensable companion to the Grundrisse. Harvey's newest is as illuminating for experienced readers as it is helpful for those who are encountering Marx’s great text for the first time.” – Nancy Fraser
David Harvey explains why the Covid lockdown meant he finally wrote a companion to Marx's infamous notebooks, the Grundrisse.
When leading scholar of Marx, Roman Rosdolsky, first encountered the virtually unknown text of Marx's Grundrisse - his preparatory work for his masterpiece Das Capital - in the 1950s in New York Public Library, he recognized it as "a work of fundamental importance," but declared "its unusual form" and "obscure manner of expression, made it far from suitable for reaching a wide circle of readers."
David Harvey's Companion to Marx's Grundrisse builds upon his widely acclaimed companions to the first and second volumes of Capital. Read more about that book here: versobooks.com/products/2930-a-companion-to-marx-s-grundrisse?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=verso_video
See all our David Harvey reading here: versobooks.com/blogs/authors/harvey-david?utm_campaign=verso_video&utm_medium=social&utm_source=youtube
“An indispensable companion to the Grundrisse. Harvey's newest is as illuminating for experienced readers as it is helpful for those who are encountering Marx’s great text for the first time.” – Nancy Fraser
