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This paper argues that capitalist accumulation requires imperialist expansion, and that this expansion creates a “raced” surplus laboring population. The argument proceeds in seven parts: that Marx’s assertion in chapter 25 of Capital... more
This article explores the importance of non-capitalist space within the global political economy. The issue of how to categorise and understand space in so-called peripheral regions such as Latin America has been a contentious one. Whilst... more
Abstract: This paper presents an argument for considering issues of class in analyses of communicative planning projects. In these projects, class interests tend to be obscured by the contemporary preoccupation with the class-ambiguous... more
This paper explores the way in which feminism, whilst trying to achieve gender equality, has increased inequality between women. It locates the cause of this in feminism's early adoption of Marxist and Engelsian thought and the way in... more
This paper aims to concretize this notion of literary theories being in dialogue by exploring the intertwining of the Marxist theory, mainly depending on Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin’s theories, and Freudian psychoanalytic theory, based... more
Law here, law there, law everywhere. The first nine months of the Trump administration have thrust questions about the force of law, legal strategy and tactics, and the role of judges in the United States' much-vaunted system of... more
Queste pagine sono state scritte da Marx in periodi differenti della sua vita. Messe insieme segnano e abbracciano tutto l'arco di sviluppo del suo pensiero. Le date sono di per sé eloquenti (1844, 1858, 1867, 1881-1882) e subito ci... more
2 K. Korsch, La concezione materialistica della storia in Id., Marxismo e filosofia, s. n., PGreco, Milano 2012, p. 87: «Esso [il pensiero di Marx] non si lascia collocare in nessuno dei comparti tradizionali del sistema delle scienze... more
What does the development of a truly robust contemporary theory of domination require? Ashley J. Bohrer argues that it is only by considering all of the dimensions of race, gender, sexuality, and ability within the structures of... more
First this paper will discuss Michel Foucault foundation of his ideas, and why more than a critical intervention from scholars of color is needed. Moreover, we should be aware that not only were Foucault’s deficient of political ideas or... more
Enclosed is the syllabus and course notes from the upper division course I teach in PostModernism and Post-Marxist Critical Theory. It occurs to me that some of these essays--ranging from Horkheimer and Adorno, Baudrillard, Foucault, and... more
“Power is war, the continuation of war by other means”: Foucault’s reversal of Clausewitz’s formula has become a staple of critical theory — but it remains highly problematic on a conceptual level. Elaborated during Foucault’s 1976... more
Invited guest paper to international conference in Delhi, ‘Imperialism: Old and New’, sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research, 9-10 February 2015. Marx’s Capital is a prime source of wisdom about capitalism’s... more
We live in an age of movement. More than at any other time in history , people and things move longer distances, more frequently, and faster than ever before. All that was solid melted into air long ago and is now in full circulation... more
Production, distribution, and consumption of digital use values occur today in a sociotechnological setting quite different from that characterizing the industrial economic system. Thanks to increasing access to hardware, software, and... more
KARL MARX - KOMÜNİST MANİFESTO
Adı üstünde, 100 adet efsane. Vazgeçersek hem bizim hem de başkalarının daha iyi cinsel (ve gündelik) hayatları olabilir.
Öz Kürt kadınlarının, modernleşmenin/demokratikleşmenin bir tezahürü olarak gösterilmesi hem aile, hem din/dindarlık hem de çocuk yetiştirilme tarzına uygun bir sosyolojik yapıyı barındırmaz. Çünkü Kürtlerin kadim tarihinden beri... more
In this chapter I focus on a few selected building blocks that will pave the way for a renewed, thorough, and sober phenomenological reading of Marx’s philosophy. I intend to show here that this can be done best through 1) moving Marx... more
The objectivity of studying social and political sciences has always been questioned on the ground that personal values may interfere. In the same vein, it is a challenge to understand and explain international relations, owing to... more
The Year 1968 in Czechoslovakia – exceptional case from political, social and religious point of view in European context This study presents specific moments of the historical development of the year 1968 in Czechoslovakia. Not only... more
This article explores the patterns of class inequality and capital accumulation in Brazil, showing the drivers and limits of the decline in inequality that occurred during the Workers' Party governments. It proposes that minimum wage... more
Gli studi gramsciani e la diffusione internazionale di Gramsci si sono recentemente evoluti in due direzioni prevalenti. Da un lato, l'interpretazione storiografica e filologica, densa di dispute sul significato di singoli passaggi dei... more
Nel paese ove sarebbe in costruzione l'economia socialista non solo dunque esistono i rubli, coi quali il salario dei lavoratori viene pagato, ma esiste anche il risparmio sul salario, il deposito di esso nelle casse statali o nelle... more
A Marxist read of the (fairly) newly discovered "Life and Adventures of a Haunted Convict", the earliest extant African-American prison narrative. Focuses on the early part of the book and Austin Reed's transition from home to... more
I will start with a recapitulation of the approach I took to writing the text in the book, reconstructed in rough terms, and then go into a few methodological reflections that have been working with or through since then. The text was... more
O presente artigo é um balanço bibliográfico em torno do Imperialismo e sua relação com as modificações globais provocadas pela crise do capitalismo na Inglaterra a partir de 1870, estudada, principalmente, por Vladimir Ilitch Lenin, além... more
In a world where exploitation and uneven development condemn billions to suffering, the proper understanding of the intellectual relationship between Hegel and Marx appears a small matter indeed. Marx’s Capital, however, remains the... more
This chapter discusses critical approaches in the examination of representation in language coursebooks in an effort to debunk two educational myths in relation to language teaching materials: the notions that they are neutral and... more
Marx critica sia l'anarchismo di Bakunin e Proudhon sia le lotte anarchiche-insurrezionali dei lavoratori seguaci di Ludd. Tale critica, nella sua essenza, può essere applicata anche alle attuali forme di neo-luddismo.
1. L'ideologia dentro la critica dell'ideologia 2. La questione della prospettiva e il problema del tempo 3. Lo specchio e la lampada. La Widerspiegelungstheorie 4. Una mimesis dialettica, oltre soggettivismo e rispecchiamento meccanico... more
Ernst Bloch-ist das nicht der linke Philosoph mit der Pfeife und dem »Prinzip Hoffnung«? Das dürfte-jenseits der kleinen, aber eingeschworenen Bloch-Forscher und-Anhänger, die sich weitgehend abseits von der bürgerlichen Öffentlichkeit... more
Die Dummköpfe glauben, Wladimir Uljanow habe, nachdem er die Bedeutung der bäuerlichen Massen entdeckt und sie zuerst gegen den Zaren und dann gegen die Bourgeoisie aufgestachelt hätte, die alten Gleise verlassen und dem europäischen... more
»Die ›Idee‹ blamierte sich immer, soweit sie von dem ›Interesse‹ unter-schieden war« (MEW 2, 85). Mit diesen Worten beginnen in den vierziger Jahren des 19. Jahrhunderts die jungen Karl Marx und Friedrich Engels ihren Feldzug gegen jene... more
Resenha do livro "Comum: ensaio sobre a revolução no século XXI" de Pierre Dardot e Christian Laval. A obra merece destaque tanto pela análise acurada que faz da bibliografia sobre o ‘comum’ e os ‘comuns’ quanto pela forma original... more
Taking Documenta 14 as a case study, and especially the demands towards this institution presented in the Artists against Evictions letter of April 2017 (eflux), the chapter focuses on the intricate ideological conflicts defining the... more
This paper considers perspectives on marriage in the Queer and feminist community reviewing key contemporary thinkers on the subject and using direct interviews and material from radical Queer activists and academics in the field. It... more
This paper demonstrates how Henri Lefebvre's influential theory of the "production of space" can help generate a more critical understanding of transformations in digital music, and in particular, the emergence of... more
A partir da crítica marxiana a Feuerbach, conforme interpretamos aqui no tocaente à questão da consciência, apresentamos uma compreensão da ideologia para além da caricata noção de imediato falseamento do real. É o seguinte: se fosse o... more
Якщо французький філософ не помітив принцип читання у фрагменті про читання, який їм згадувався, то що можна говорити про всі ті, можливі, фрагменти, що не згадані філософом? Може Маркс сам не визначився з питанням про читання? Одним... more
Entrevista publicada el 15/11/2016 en La Izquierda Diario
This is a brief review that I wrote a while ago as an introduction to a paper I have yet to publish. Essentially, it's a thinking piece I wouldn't mind getting some feedback on. Comments are thus highly welcome! Critical theory is a very... more