Marxism may have “lacked” the Real and tied its fate to the history-world. It may have consequently lacked the theory according-to-the-Real of this history-world. These are not just some “observations,” but a new style of theoretical hypotheses. They assume a […]
Moishe Postone has produced a weighty work on central, categorical questions of Marx’s critique of economy. It is in no way a merely academic exercise. The vanishing point of even his most abstract considerations is the question of how to
This is from the archives written over two days in August and September this year and meant as part of the weekly digest for PFPAC (FB). Some days back, a friend, asked a question on Ratings Agencies (RAs hereafter), and if there
The Scourge of Ratings Agencies
When Mark Zuckerberg is interviewed, the founder of Facebook can barely put a sentence together without using the word ‘connect’. This looks like a case of Tourette’s syndrome that spouts business buzz words not curses. But it is based on
Facebook’s Advertising Machine
Eribon-Debatte in Deutschland, Brexit-Referendum in Großbritannien, Präsidentschaftswahl in Frankreich, G20-Gipfel in Hamburg: Die »soziale Frage« oder gar die »Klassenfrage« sei wieder da, sagen viele linke Politiker*innen. Und die Antwort kommt prompt: Ein Hoch auf den guten alten Wohlfahrtsstaat und nieder
Jenseits von Interesse & Identität / Einleitung
Im Zuge der industriellen Nutzung der Elektrizität, des Entstehens neuer Nachrichten- und Verkehrstechniken und -wege (inklusive ihrer teilweisen Verstaatlichung) beginnt gegen Ende des 19.Jahrhunderts der schleichende Prozess der Auflösung der klassischen Maschinerie des Industriezeitalters oder zumindest deren Integration in neue
Hans-Dieter Bahr und der Umgang mit Maschinen
Laruelle, François. “Le concept d’une ‘technologie première’” in Gilbert Simondon: une pensée de l’individituation et la technique. Paris: Albin Michel, 1994. 206-219. The Concept of a “First Technology” François Laruelle A “Unified Theory” of Technics and Technology In order to
The Concept of a ‘First Technology’
What they find so disturbing about the black bloc—the contagion of an anonymous collective force—is precisely why and how it continues to outlive every social movement from which it emerges. These generations—we who fantasized about Columbine and now only know
Mit Geld kann man potenziell alle Objekte, Produkte und Relationen einer Ökonomie als Waren, als käufliche Objekte handeln, während umgekehrt Waren ausschließlich produziert werden, um sie in Geld zu verwandeln. Allein schon wegen dieser allgegenwärtigen Funktion des Geldes und insbesondere
Die Unterscheidung zwischen finanziellem und realem Kapital
Part III. The Economic Concept of Ordinal Value in Chapter 9 Socially-necessary labor time, supply and demand, marginal utility, putative or nominal price, risk-weighted interest rates, or some combination of the above: what do all of these conceptions of the
Economy of the War Machine (Part III of IV)
art IV of our Economy of the War Machine will arrive in several separate posts. Our outline is as follows. Chapter One. Overview of Part IV. Elements of Nomadic Distribution Chapter Two. A Technological Issue. Interminable Deterritorialization (Continuous Recalibration) (parts a and
Economy of the War Machine (Part IV. Overview)
Laruelle, Francois. Introduction au non-marxism. PUF: Paris, 2000. 39-55. translated by Taylor Adkins Chapter III: Determination-in-the-Last-Instance First Elucidation of the Determination-in-the-Last-Instance (DLI) The determination-in-the-last-instance, invented by Marx-Engels for historical Materialism, never received from them a concept adequate enough to simultaneously
Introduction to Non-Marxism: Determination-in-the-Last-Instance (DLI)