I have to admit that we faltered at the last hurdle and failed to complete the final section of the book. But most of us were left feeling disappointed and somewhat defeated, bogged down in intricate theoretical detail and without a sense of the bigger picture – a contrast to the experience of reading Capital, Volume I, which a number of the group did last year, see HERE. I think we all hoped to at least partially disprove commonly held views about the tedious and unrewarding nature of the book by finding some untapped potential hidden away in the chapters. Over the summer a small group of political economy students, graduates and tutors, endeavoured to read what is widely understood as Marx’s most dull and difficult work. But a week after I completed my thesis, at a local bar on a Friday night, I found myself eagerly agreeing to take part in a reading group of Capital, Volume II – presumably under the influence of something other than adrenaline. A year ago, while I was studying for Honours, I would never have foreseen volunteering to read a 500 page volume of Marx’s work in my free time.
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