MARX'S CAPITAL, VOLUME I
Andrew Kliman
Thursdays, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Feb. 15 – May 24, 2007
(No Class March 22)
Tuition: $150 – $180, sliding scale
This
14-week course is devoted to Volume I of Karl Marx's Capital: A critique
of political economy. Marx analyzes the capital relation as a process of
“self-expanding value.” Throughout the course, we will stress the relevance
of this concept to the contemporary expansionism of the capitalist system
and the new movements against global capitalism. The specific character of
Marx's critique of capital, and its differences from others' critiques, will
also be highlighted.
We will go through most of the text fairly carefully, but proceed quickly
through some lengthy discussions of factual material – on struggles over the
length of the workday, “machinofacture,” and the historical origins of the
capitalist system – in order to have more time to devote to more difficult
portions of the work. The instructor will provide study questions to assist
students as they work through the text. Students are strongly encouraged to
obtain the Penguin (or Vintage) edition of _Capital_, since this is what
will be cited in class. (The Penguin and Vintage editions are identical in
terms of translation and page numbers.)
Andrew Kliman has taught courses on Volume I and Volumes II & III of Marx's Capital at the New SPACE. A professor of economics at Pace University, he has written extensively on Capital, crisis theory, and value theory. His book, Reclaiming Marx’s “Capital”: A Refutation of the Myth of Inconsistency, will be published next month (December 2006). Many of Kliman's writings are available at his website: http://akliman.squarespace.com.