hi to the capital and class list,
i confess to being the one who called out in the wilderness.
it seemed to me that whilst other lists i've been on (or are on) satisfy
a polemics - and in some cases a need for refreshing analyses - the
capital and class list, being attached to a journal which has shown
itself to be serious about making a detailed and challenging analysis of
... well ... capital and class, offered at least the promise of something
far better.
having explained myself, i want to ask hugo to clarify something:
Hugo Radice wrote:
> (e) these problems in turn can be traced to the contradictions of
> class rule, that is, the contradictions between the private
> ownership of the means of production and the social character of
> production and exchange.
>
i agree with the other matter hugo raised, of the relaion b/n credit and
crises, of the moralistic character of the critique of speculation, and
so forth; but i don't know what to make of this particular comment. i
take it that there is here a conception of credit, money, labour as
socialised, but - through credit, stockholding, for instance - can
ownership still be regarded as private? i was thinking here of the
discussion in 'capital' volume three, the passages on the 'abolition of
capitalism within capitalism'.
on a different note: the specific reason for my initial post was to ask
what, if any, interesting discussions/papers/books people on the list
could suggest re: the relation between work (wage labour and the
compulsion to work), citizenship and racism/nationalism. i know this
particular trinity is a big ask, but i have only found the work by
wallerstein and balibar that kind of fulfills my questions.
cheers,
angela
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