New Book: David Harvey's Companion to Marx's Capital

by David Harvey
Published 12th April 2010

“Read this book” – Naomi Klein

“My aim is to get you to read a book by Karl Marx called Capital, Volume 1, and to read
it on Marx’s own terms” – David Harvey.

A guided tour through Marx’s classic text of political economy – arguably the most
visionary and controversial book since the Bible – by the esteemed radical geographer
and social theorist, David Harvey. A COMPANION TO MARX’S CAPITAL is the perfect
accompaniment for students to Marx’s economic writings.

David Harvey has been writing and lecturing on CAPITAL for nearly forty years and is one
of the world’s foremost and bestselling Marx scholars. The book is based on his recent
lectures on CAPITAL and aims to bring this depth of learning to a broader audience,
guiding first-time readers through a fascinating and deeply rewarding text. The series
of 13 video lectures are available online at http://www.davidharvey.org and together with the book, make a
unique resource for understanding the essential but often challenging CAPITAL. The book
was created from the lectures after a huge demand on the website, which has now had over
a million hits.

Since the start of the financial meltdown of 2008 there has been a huge resurgence of
interest in Karl Marx. With millions now losing their jobs and an approaching election
defined by public service cuts, CAPITAL has more relevance than ever: CAPITAL reading
groups are multiplying and book sales continue to soar. As the GUARDIAN said: “Karl Marx
is back”, while the TIMES wrote “the prophet of revolutionaries everywhere, the scourge
of capitalism, is enjoying a comeback.” A COMPANION TO MARX’S CAPITAL offers fresh,
original and sometimes critical interpretations of a book that changed the course of
history and can, more than any other, help us understand the roots of the current crisis.

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Praise for DAVID HARVEY

“David Harvey provoked a revolution in his field and has inspired a generation of
radical intellectuals” – Naomi Klein

“Harvey is a scholarly radical; his writing is free of journalistic clichés, full of
facts and carefully thought-through ideas.” ­ Richard Sennett

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Praise for LIMITS TO CAPITAL

“A magisterial work” – Fredric Jameson

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Praise for THE NEW IMPERIALISM
“Navigating effortlessly between history, economics, geography and politics, with
persuasive argument and lucid prose, David Harvey places today’s headlines in context
and makes sense of the early twenty-first-century maelstrom we’re all caught up in. His
concept of accumulation by dispossession will go far. THE NEW IMPERIALISM is a truly
useful book.” ­

Susan George

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David Harvey is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the Graduate Centre of the
City University of New York. He is the author of various books including JUSTICE, NATURE
AND THE GEOGRAPHY OF DIFFERENCE, THE CONDITION OF POSTMODERNITY, THE NEW IMPERIALISM and
SPACES OF GLOBAL CAPITALISM

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ISBN: 978 1 84467 359 9 /$19.95 / £10.99 / $25.00 / Paperback / 368 pages

ISBN: 978 1 84467 358 2 / $100.00 / £55.00 / $125.00 / Hardback / 244 pages

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