The following is an extract from a collection of essays called Vie et Mort du Capitalisme. The translators of the essays discussed a range of topics with Robert Kurz, as presented in the chapter called Theory of Marx, crisis and the supersession of capitalism (concerning the historical situation of the radical social critique). This talk [...]
The following is an extract from a collection of essays called Vie et Mort du Capitalisme. The translators of the essays discussed a range of topics with Robert Kurz, as presented in the chapter called Theory of Marx, crisis and the supersession of capitalism (concerning the historical situation of the radical social critique). This talk [...]
This is question no 4 in the discussion between Robert Kurz and the French translators of Vie et Mort du Capitalisme [a collection of articles by R. Kurz, Editions Lignes, Paris , 2011). Q4. You read the marxian theory of the crisis as a theory of collapse, a theory founded on the idea of an [...]
Three parts, part one here.
Socialism of the Producers as Logical Impossibility Part One The Ontology of Labour No socialism of any kind is possible within the horizons of the ontology of labour, which is to say that the commodity form of social reproduction can only be overthrown together with “labour”. This, however, is just as unthinkable for the typical [...]
This article by Rasmus Fleischer was first published in the Swedish magazine Subaltern in late 2011. Quarter of a century ago, the Nürnberg school of Wertkritik (value-critical theory) emerged as a project to develop a third critical theory, pertinent to the third industrial revolution. This essay aims to outline some recurrent figures of thought within [...]
Robert Kurz, Marxian philosopher, journalist and editor of the journal Exit! sadly passed away on 18 July 2012, aged 68. Robert Kurz was one of very few people in recent years with the ability to analyse the capitalist system at the level of its own sophisticated terms. His finest writings have yet to be translated [...]
