Marx’s Capital Lecture Series

The Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ) was pleased to host a series of public lectures on Volume 1 of Marx’s Capital, given by the political economist and activist Andy Higginbottom.

The lecture series was accompanied by a weekly CSSGJ study group taking place every Tuesday afternoon. The recordings of the lecture series are below. A similar lecture series held by the CSSGJ and given by Andy Higginbottom, to cover Capital Volume 2, is currently in preparation.

MARX’S CAPITAL LECTURE RECORDINGS

Lecture 1 – Marx’s Capital Lecture 1 Historical Introduction and Overview

Lecture 2 – Marx’s Capital Lecture 2 The Commodity and Money

Lecture 3 – Marx’s Capital Lecture 3 Exchange and the Functions of Money

Lecture 4 – The Transformation of Money into Capital

Lecture 5 – Surplus Value

Lecture 6 – Absolute-Surplus Value

Lecture 7 – Relative Surplus Value

Lecture 8 – Manufacturing

Lecture 9 – Machinery and Large-Scale Industry

Lecture 10 – Absolute and Relative Surplus-Value Combined

Lecture 11 – Wages

Lecture 12 – The Accumulation of Capital

Lecture 13 – The Genesis of Capitalism and Colonialism

Lecture 14 – Reflections on Marx’s methodology

Lecture 15 – Linking Volume 1 and Volume 2