Technologies of Time
Marx’s dictum that, in the final instance, all economy dissolves into that of time1 does not in any way imply that this time can be reduced to a presence or “living present”. Time is just as little linear or cyclical […]
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Marx und das Okishio-Theorem (1)
Angenommen, eine Produktionstechnik ist durch (n, a) gegeben, d. h. n Einheiten Arbeit und a Einheiten Mais werden benötigt, um 1 Einheit Mais zu produzieren. Wir sagen, dass diese Produktionstechnik produktiv ist, wenn der Gesamtoutput an Mais größer ist als
Marx und das Okishio-Theorem (1)
Money (and Capital) – (1)
As we have already indicated in Capitalization vol. 2 (Szepanski 2014b), the Greek economist John Milios has offered an important approach to a precise conceptual determination of the contemporary capital relation with his monetary theory of value, based on the
Die Vandalisierung des Subjekts
english version on Il Will Wenn wir uns immer noch die Frage nach dem Subjekt stellen, dann tun wir das in erster Linie aus historischem Interesse – oder vielleicht aus Gewohnheit, so wie wir sagen “die Sonne geht auf”, obwohl
Die Vandalisierung des Subjekts
Centralization of property and contemporary capitalism: about “The Capitalist War”
Ten months after the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, some interesting essays have come out analyzing the new geo-political situation and reflecting on possible international trends[1]. Among them, the recent contribution by Emiliano Brancaccio, Raffaele Giammetti, and Stefano Lucarelli, The
Centralization of property and contemporary capitalism: about “The Capitalist War”
ON DESTITUENT Power – A Conversation with Mario Tronti
A First published in Potere destituente. Le rivolte metropolitane (2008). Translated by Andreas Petrossiants, with revisions by Jose Rosales. First published in English for Ill Will May 2022. Introduction by Idris Robinson, May 2022. Introduction (2022) It is with great
ON DESTITUENT Power – A Conversation with Mario Tronti
Alchemisten der Revolution: Vom Kommunistischen Manifest zum konspirationistischen Manifest und zurück
Ich glaube, ich habe unser Zeitalter als das der absoluten Korruption aller Ideen verstanden. Dennoch bin ich guten Mutes, denn ich weiß, dass neue Liebe nur aus völligem Verfall entstehen kann. Im Frühjahr 1847 stimmten Marx und Engels nach langem
Machine surplus value and differential accumulation
It is not the problem around the transfer of value or the reproduction of the value portion of fixed capital that Marazzi deals with in his essay The Amortization of the Body-Machine (Marazzi 2012: 35ff. ) (according to which constant
Machine surplus value and differential accumulation
Commodity Fetishism: an introduction to I.I. Rubin’s Essay on Marx’s Theory of Value
According to economists whose theories currently prevail in America, economics has replaced political economy, and economics deals with scarcity, prices, and resource allocation. In the definition of Paul Samuelson, “economics or political economy, as it used to be called, is
Commodity Fetishism: an introduction to I.I. Rubin’s Essay on Marx’s Theory of Value
Was Marx Right? Development and Exploitation in 43 Countries, 2000-2014
The period 2000-2014 encapsulates a unique moment of intense globalization where nearly all countries followed the capitalist mode of production. We assess Marx’s hypotheses about capitalist development and the tendency for profit rates to decline for this period using a
Was Marx Right? Development and Exploitation in 43 Countries, 2000-2014
A marxist Theory of the state
1) On the question of the general definition of the stateTerritory, state power, and population are commonly regarded as important components of the sovereign nation-state in modern international law theory. In the Marxist theoretical tradition inspired by structuralism, Nicos Poulantzas,
Nation, Imperialism, War. A critique of mainstream theories of imperialism
First, according to Marx’s argument, isolated individual capitals within a social formation, are transformed through competition (and not through the political influence of the state exercised from outside, as, e.g. Hardt and Negri [2000: 304-5] mistakenly maintain), into elements of
Nation, Imperialism, War. A critique of mainstream theories of imperialism