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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 25-37 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Capital & Class |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |