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Idea for a neverending Das Kapital bookclub (hexbear.net)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It would take six months or a year and at the end we just start over agin, so people can jump in at any point.

What do you think? This would be in addition to once-off bookclubs.

One thing I'm unsure of is do we do Volumes 1-3, or repeat 1? Or 1-4?

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I would love this. I agree vol 1 is the most book club friendly, but I also think vol 4 (theories of surplus value) is incredibly useful and not given enough attention outside of academia. It is Marx’s interpretation of classical political economy, by author, in terms of his own theory. This gives a load of insight how to avoid pitfalls of bourgeois thought which can be shockingly subtle. A book club on vol 4 could be split by author, maybe with further subdivisions for each Smith and Ricardo.

You could just read Capital volumes 1 and 4 and get a really good idea how to fill in the blanks of 2&3.

Critique of the Gotha Program is also essential reading that could be done as an intermission or concurrently with Capital.