This seminar is co-taught by Nancy Fraser of NSSR and David Harvey of CUNY. In it, we will read and discuss selected parts of Marx’s Grundrisse and Capital. Our principal aim is to clarify the concepts of capital and capitalist society–especially the relation(s) between them and the sense in which they do or do not constitute a totality. We will also compare and evaluate leading interpretations of these matters, including those developed by the instructors. Along the way, we’ll also consider Marx's method and social ontology and his accounts of labor, nature, and social reproduction; objectification, alienation, and fetishism; exploitation, dispossession, and uneven development; structure, agency, and social relations; necessity, contingency, and freedom in history. Please Note: This course will take place at the CUNY Grad Center campus.