What is Commodity Fetishism? | Socialism 101

Support on Patreon:   / marxistpaul   Twitter:   / marxistpaul   Instagram:   / marxistpaul   Ko-Fi (One-time donation): https://ko-fi.com/marxistpaul --- Reading: Marx (1867), Capital Volume 1, Chapter 1 - Section 4: The Fetishism of Commodities and the Secret Thereof: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx... Videos/Podcasts: The Marxist Project, "Fundamentals of Marx: Commodity Fetishism" (excellent video):    • Fundamentals of Marx: Commodity Fetishism   Red Menace Podcast, "The Fundamentals of Marxism: Intro to Political Economy" (68:35 onwards): https://redmenace.libsyn.com/politica... If you dive into reading Capital, David Harvey's accompanying work is really helpful for unpacking the text. Both his book, A Companion to Marx's Capital (   / a-companion-to-marx-s-capital   ), as well as his lecture course here on YouTube. For Capital Vol 1, Chapter 1, which contains the section on Commodity Fetishism, watch the first and second lecture of Harvey's series here: Class 1:    • Class 01 Reading Marx's Capital Vol I with...   Class 2:    • Class 02 Reading Marx's Capital Vol I with...   --- Marx Quote (Capital Vol 1, Ch. 1, Sect. 4): https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx... --- General Resources: MLM Basic Course: http://bannedthought.net/MLM-Theory/M... Learn from the Reddit community:   / communism101   AzureScapegoat’s Socialism101 site: https://www.socialism101.com/ --- Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:58 Title 01:26 "Fetish"? 02:37 Marx's Commodity Fetishism 04:57 A Thought Experiment 06:35 Recap 07:15 Further Study 07:46 Credits