On Aug 24, 2009, at 1:15 AM, Horse Badorties wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 8:51 PM, guava tree <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> do people think reading volumes 2&3 of Capital is more valuable than >> reading the Grundrisse? > > > The Grundrisse is like the I Ching. It's not meant to be read from > beginning to end; > it's meant to be opened at random and one passage read, and > meditated on > throughout the day.
The "Grundrisse," as the last word in its title--"Rohentwurf"-- declares, is not "meant" to be read at all. It is just the rough draft of Das Kapital. Why read the rough draft when you have the final (or nearly so) version? Comparison with the perfected (Marx) draft of vol.1 and the substantially worked out drafts (Engels) of vols. 2 and 3 with the Grundrisse is a matter of academic literary history only. Shane Mage > This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it > always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire, > kindling in measures and going out in measures." > > Herakleitos of Ephesos ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
