Harry Cleaver
Encyclopedia
Harry Cleaver is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin
, where Cleaver teaches Marxism
and Marxist economics. He is best known as the author of Reading Capital Politically, an autonomist reading of Karl Marx
's Capital. Dr. Cleaver is currently active in the Zapatista
movement in Chiapas, Mexico, and is also a contributor on the aut-op-sy email list.
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
, where Cleaver teaches Marxism
Marxism
Marxism is an economic and sociopolitical worldview and method of socioeconomic inquiry that centers upon a materialist interpretation of history, a dialectical view of social change, and an analysis and critique of the development of capitalism. Marxism was pioneered in the early to mid 19th...
and Marxist economics. He is best known as the author of Reading Capital Politically, an autonomist reading of Karl Marx
Karl Marx
Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement...
's Capital. Dr. Cleaver is currently active in the Zapatista
Zapatista Army of National Liberation
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is a revolutionary leftist group based in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico....
movement in Chiapas, Mexico, and is also a contributor on the aut-op-sy email list.