
Class 11: Capital Chapter 12 & 13: Changes in the Division of Labor, Machinery
This lecture, part of Yale instructor Paul North's chapter by chapter study of Marx's Capital, Volume 1, examines how the internal division of labor and new forms of cooperation among workers reshape both work and daily life. North walks through Marx's argument in Chapters 12 and 13, tracing how changes in workplace organization ripple outward into broader social conditions. The session builds on the course's ongoing discussion of relative surplus value and machinery, continuing to unpack how Marx connects economic structure to lived experience. As throughout the series, North's approach is a close, sequential reading of the 1872 text rather than a general overview of its themes.