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Audio: David Harvey — A Marxist Critique of Higher Education

A conversation with David Harvey about the higher education system.

Verso Books26 January 2018

David Harvey in Quito, 2013. Photo: Luis Astudillo C. / Agencia Andes. via Flickr.

In October, David Harvey sat down for an interview on FreshEd, a podcast designed to make accessible new ideas in educational research. Host Will Brehm and Harvey discuss the Marxist critique of contemporary higher education systems, as well as Harvey's own 50 years of experience teaching at colleges and universities. Listen to the full interview below.

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  • A Companion to Marx's Capital

    A Companion to Marx's Capital

    by David Harvey

    “My aim is to get you to read a book by Karl Marx called Capital, Volume 1, and to read it on Marx’s own terms…”The biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression has generated a surge of inte...
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  • A Companion to Marx's Capital, Volume 2

    A Companion to Marx's Capital, Volume 2

    by David Harvey

    The biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression shows no sign of ending, and Marx's work remains key to any attempt to understand the ebb and flow of capitalist economies. For nearly fort...
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  • Rebel Cities

    Rebel Cities

    by David Harvey

    Long before Occupy, cities were the subject of much utopian thinking. They are the centers of capital accumulation as well as of revolutionary politics, where deeper currents of social and politica...
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