33 Lessons on Capital: Reading Marx Politically

by Harry Cleaver

This book provides an up-to-date reading of Capital Volume I, emphasizing the relevance of Marx's analysis to everyday twenty-first century struggles.



Harry Cleaver's treatise outlines and critiques Marx's analysis chapter by chapter. His unique interpretation of Marx's labour theory of value reveals how every theoretical category of Capital designates aspects of class struggle in ways that help us resist and escape them. At the same time, while rooted within the tradition of workerism, he understands the working class to include not only the industrial proletariat but also unwaged peasants, housewives, children and students.



A challenge to scholars and an invaluable resource for students and activists today.

Genres: Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Nonfiction

530 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 20, 2019

About the author

Harry Cleaver is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin, where Cleaver teaches Marxism and Marxist economics. He is best known as the author of Reading Capital Politically, an autonomist reading of Karl Marx's Capital. Dr. Cleaver is currently active in the Zapatista movement in Chiapas, Mexico, and is also a contributor on the aut-op-sy email list.

Reviews

[Derek · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an accessible and highly applicable guide to Marx's Capital.

[Naoise · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite useful for understanding struggle in all its forms and situating the Critique for our current times.