The philosopher Cornel West reads and discusses Marx's Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy (1859) and Capital (1867), in conversation with Cedric Robinson's Black Marxism @Columbia. Read more here: https://marx1313.law.columbia.edu/10-13/

The full-length introduction to Marx 10/13 is here: https://tinyurl.com/IntroMarx1013

The video recording of the seminar Marx 10/13 with Cornel West is here: https://www.youtube.com/live/Jt1hvsZcHSQ?si=Yn-uQSYm0flWElOJ

Information about Marx 13/13: https://marx1313.law.columbia.edu/

Information on the 13/13 series: https://cccct.law.columbia.edu/content/13-13

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We now reach, on our year-long journey, the most famous political economic writings of Marx—first, his publication of A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy in 1859 and, second, the release of his magnum opus, Capital, Volume I, in 1867.

In this session, Marx 10/13, we read Marx through the lens of Cedric Robinson’s landmark work, Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition. Although famous today, Robinson’s book almost fell through the cracks when it was published, and likely would have had it not been for a provocative book review published in the Monthly Review in 1988 by Cornel West, who at the time was professor of religion and director of the Afro-American Studies Program at Princeton University.

Cornel West shattered what critics would later call the “conspiracy of silence” that surrounded Robinson’s book. In West’s characteristic way, he propelled Black Marxism into contemporary debate. For this and many other reasons, it is an absolute privilege and honor to welcome our dear colleague and friend—and a faithful friend to these 13/13 seminars—Dr. Cornel West, back to Columbia University and to Marx 13/13.

This is the seminar recording with Cornel West.

Welcome to Marx 10/13!