Reading Marx's Capital Volume 2 (audio)

Class 12 - Reprise

Aug 8, 2013

Professor David Harvey discusses Marx's Capital Volume 2, highlighting class reproduction, consumption contrasts, autonomy in the economy, and crisis generation. The discussion delves into historical context, Parisian societal changes, Marxism and liberation theology, capitalism's crisis proneness, and the influence of working-class interests on the capitalist state.

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Class Reproduction and Consumption Contrasts in Marx's Capital Volume 2

02:24 • 19min

Exploring Autonomy and Independence within Economic Rules

Analyzing Differences Between Marx's Capital Volume 1 and Volume 2

25:50 • 25min

Exploring Crisis Generation and Alternative Systems in Volume 2

Analyzing the Transformation of Parisian Society and the Worker Expulsion/Reoccupation

Discussing Marxism, Liberation Theology, and Connectivity in a Theological Seminary Setting

Capitalism, Crisis, and Geographic Dynamics

01:00:41 • 27min

Influence of working-class interests on the capitalist state

01:27:15 • 12min