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Hi I think the early sections are the hardest parts of 'Capital'. Cleaver suggests reading the last section first - which is the most concrete - to get an idea where its going. I wouldn't start with Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts either - the Manifesto is the obvious starting point I guess - and maybe the German Ideology - to get a feel for the early stuff. I don't think one's the key to the other but its where the the 'new world outlook' starts to be formulated. And Marx even quotes the 'Manifesto' in Capital - so there's continuity and development. I enjoyed reading it too - especially after getting a feel for the 'motion' of it - and I think it will be easier on second reading - parts of it are repetitive I think. . >I think once Heinrich's book is out in English it might well be regarded as >the "definitive" secondary literature, but then again, I'm also something of a >partisan of Heinrich's "monetary" reading of Marx's value theory. Heinrich >makes >a very convincing case that money and credit are central to Marx's >conception, and not epiphenomena that "conceal" underlying social >relationships. Rather, they **constitute** those social relationships. Not sure about this guy - but your summary sounds interesting have put his book on order with MR. There are some pretty arcane debates around all this but its good to be part of all this re-thinking and re-reading going on. In the end we all have to come up with our own understanding of it all. Cheers Shane ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/lnp3%40panix.com Prev by Date: Re: [Marxism] Cold War movies Next by Date: Re: [Marxism] Cold War movies Previous by thread: Re: [Marxism] question re distinction b/w manufacture and large-scale industry in Capital Vol 1 Next by thread: [Marxism] Cold War movies Index(es): Date Thread ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
