Reading Capital Volume 1

About a year or so ago I attempted to read Capital Volume 1 in a two-person study group with a comrade of mine. I read the first three chapters and, although I felt like I was mostly understanding what I was reading, the study group fell apart.

Since then, I've really had a desire to read Capital Volume 1 but doing it on my own with no real guidance or structure presented a great difficulty for me.

Last June, I stumbled on Reading Marx's Capital with David Harvey which is a "close reading of the text of Karl Marx's Capital Volume I in 13 video lectures by David Harvey" and I finally felt like I'll be able to tackle this book on my own.

I think it's interesting to see the effect technology can have on making information accessible to regular, everyday people. 20 years ago I would really have been on my own or I would have had to put in a lot of work trying to find a study group to help me. Now, I can read the chapters and watch a lecture on it from a distinguished professor all for free from home or on my BlackBerry on the way to and from work. It's amazing.

I only now, several months later, actually have the time to do this (I just finished re-reading Chapter 1) but I'm very excited about it and hope that I'll be able to tackle Volume 2 on my own.