“Strangely, however, as we shall see, after beginning to walk ahead of Marx in this way we continually have the haunting suspicion that he was already there before us” Antonio Negri
If you have already googled the Grundrisse you will find that it is described as perhaps the most important of Marx’s writing, but also the most difficult to read and interpret. The Grundrisse is a collection of seven notebooks written by Marx between 1857-1858. The penguin classics edition is some 800 pages long and it is a fairly dense and challenging read. If you have read, or attempted to read Das Capital Vol 1, and failed, or completed it, or been bored rigid by the way in which Marx sets out his arguments you will be relieved to know that the Grundrisse is by comparison an interesting and easy read. That’s not to say it is easy to understand! only that it compels you to keep turning the pages.
Coming soon……….I will reproduce here some of the most important theory, some interpretations and apply this to some modern problems and questions such as “are we nearing a revolution?” and “how does revolution happen?” because the answers may surprise some people who either think the revolution never comes, or that people are just too apathetic, or riots start revolutions, or that we just need to envision another future.
The Marxist Minx 