Acorns and fruit: from totalization to periodization in the critique of capitalism

Andreas Bieler, Ian Bruff, Adam David Morton

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Abstract

This article enlivens Marxist state debate by clarifying and furthering the appraisal of a series of interventions on the subject linked with Open Marxism. It highlights four particular weaknesses in Open Marxism, arguing that they stem from the same source: a totalizing ontology that takes the capital relation as the singular constitutive source of human social practice. This universal focus on the capital relation leaves Open Marxism ill-suited for the task of offering a critique of transformations and reorganizations of class power within state forms and specific phases of capitalist development.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)25-37
Number of pages13
JournalCapital & Class
Volume34
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 2010

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