Gramsci will have to wait

Prison Notebooks will still come!!

You know what this means ... I couldn't stop getting more eBooks, ergo before the physical copies of this brave Italian revolutionary gets shipped they may have insufficient funds by then, so in order to avoid that I cancelled them, having just gotten the $45 Paul Reitter translated volume 1 of Capital, I might get some more and I got Eric Hobsbawm's How to Change the World.

Before I start reading Gramsci I need to get some Marx down the gullet, and boy oh boy the beginning of Das Kapital is not easy reading, all these mathematical equations for value, commodity, labour and so on.

Plus Gramsci can only be had physically, so I wouldn't be able to read him in bed, I need him therefore when I have 1200 cigarettes to smoke in a 30 day period.

I don't want to post anymore for awhile, hoping all is well, I bid thee a fond adieu.

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Kwek00 · 41-45, M

Before I start reading Gramsci I need to get some Marx down the gullet, and boy oh boy the beginning of Das Kapital is not easy reading, all these mathematical equations for value, commodity, labour and so on.

Honestly... if you really want to put the work in on understanding the fist volume of Capital. I would suggest looking for David Harveys' series on Capital Vol 1. Watch the 1,5 hour lecture, read the chapters. Then watch the lecture again, if you haven't grasped it. And so on... Espescially the first 4 chapters are tedious and kinda boring... But once his concepts are developed, and he puts it all together, things make a lot more sense.

But yeah... Harvey, his lectures are worth listening too if you want to understand what it's all about. And he's also honest, when it comes to talking about the criticisms that excist out there. Also, Marx wrote a "criticism" of political economy. His main targets are: Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Maltheus, ... You kinda need to have a little bit of background on what those guys are saying. Harvey does a good job, giving you more background and delving in on the notes that Marx made.

MrAlmostCrazy · 46-50, M

@Kwek00 YES, he's a great help!! He's taught it so many times.