Reading Marx's Grundrisse with David Harvey (PT1)

A new course featuring David Harvey teaching Karl Marx’s Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy (Rough Draft). Written during the winter of 1857-8, the Grundrisse was considered by Marx to be the first scientific elaboration of communist theory. Recorded live in 2020 first at The People’s Forum and then in quarantine, these 12 accessible lectures both guide the reader through the major themes of Marx’s seminal text, as well as feature contemporary commentary relating the text to the pandemic and economic crisis. David Harvey is a Distinguished Professor at the City University of New York (CUNY).