I am half-way through Volume 1; great read so far.
I skimmed it, and at this point couldn’t tell you anything other than LINEN
Linen this, linen that
Can’t he talk about a different types of fabric like canvas?
Too much linen favoritism.
I’d much prefer to know the labour value of woollen goods!
Those first chapters are a rough read for sure. I remember the final point being to show that these quantities obfuscate or hide the fact that these are really relations between people / producers.
Just an audiobook of volume 1, but I see 2 and 3 cited more often usually, so I’ll have to read those sometime.
Better if you read it directly to absorb it.
Do NOT use the version at marxists.org because reading a section or chapter in one go is tiresome.
PDF files from Z Library would be better, imho, as you can save your page.
But yes, read or listen to Volume 2 and 3 online on or on audiobook.
I have only read Volume 1. I read it in college in a reading circle as part of an independent study.
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I got through the first volume. I found first half somewhat tedious if I’m honest, but the second half is fantastic. I see how the first half sets up the foundation for the rest, but it’s still a slog.
I liked the part where Karl Marx pointed out that Britain also had an opium crisis.
Yeah, there are a lot of great bits like that in it. These are a few of my personal favorites that are extremely relevant today:
- this basically explains how gig economy works
- this is why there was such a big push to reopen the economy despite a raging pandemic
- explanation of how we ended up with the whole 1% scenario
- and finally how automation always ends up being turned against the workers
You can definitely see Marx explaining things in a metaphysical sense and one that relies a lot on phenomenology (rather than economic positivism that we usually see nowadays).
most definitely
They caused an opium crisis in China, so yeah, they had one even if they never had a domestic one.
I mean, they did have a domestic one in Great Britain. Karl Marx was documenting this fact.
Just have volume 4 to go, was told to read vol 4 before 3 but I didn’t listen.
I’m on Volume 3 now. These are the most important books I’ve ever read and 3 is the best IMO. Hard reads, though, ofc.
Oh absolutely.
