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Which Translation of Capital to Read? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Cowbee@hexbear.net to c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml

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2025 is the year I plan on reading Volumes 1-3 of Capital. I understand that Marxists.org has the Moore/Engels version, but most people seem to prefer the Fowkes translation in Penguin. Recently, there is the Reitter translation of Volume 1 that supposedly uses a later original German edition of Capital as the base than the widely beloved Fowkes translation, but I am not sure if anyone has any experience with it yet.

Which would you recommend for someone diving into Capital for the first time? I'd prefer a physical version (to take notes) but I am not too fussed if its an ebook, I'm not incapable of using a notebook or anything instead of direct annotation.

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[–] imogen_underscore@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

don't have anything to add regarding translations but on reading aids, the David Harvey lecture series from like 2007 is meant to be a really good companion. i've only gone through a few of them but have heard really good things from friends. I think he is easy to listen to and takes you through a great close reading of the texts explaining concepts and prompting good questions as he goes along. they can all be found on youtube, i think there is a newer series from 2019 as well, he has been teaching the text every year for a long time and knows it extremely well.

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Thank you! The David Harvey lectures are something I saw brought up quite a lot in the bit of research I've done so far, I will definitely be using them alongside my reading as a companion to it (at least for the first 3 chapters, which I've heard are the densest). Appreciate your input, comrade!

[–] arbitrary@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Harvey also has a companion guide book to Capital.

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

Oh, cool! Thanks!