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relations of production

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relations of production: Encyclopedia II - Commodity fetishism - Marx's argument

People within capitalist societies find their material life organized through the medium of commodities. They trade their labor-power (which is in Marx' view a commodity) for a special commodity, money, and use that commodity to claim various other commodities produced by other people. The social nature of society is destroyed by the abstraction of commodites, in the sense that "use-value" (the usefulness of an object or action) is totally separated from "exchange-value" (the marketplace value of an object or action). An example is that a pe ...

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Commodity fetishism, Commodity fetishism - Marx's argument, Commodity fetishism - After Marx, Commodity fetishism - External link

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relations of production: Encyclopedia - Das Kapital

Das Kapital ("Capital") is a very large treatise of political economy written by Karl Marx in German. The book is a critical analysis of capitalism, its economic practices and the theories which economists made about it. As noted by S. S. Prawer in "Karl Marx and World Literature" (1978), it has not only scientific but also important literary merits. Marx bases his work on that of the classical economists like Adam Smith, David Ricardo, John Stuart Mill and even Benjamin Franklin. However, he reworks these authors' ideas ...

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relations of production: Encyclopedia - Commodity fetishism

In Marxist theory, commodity fetishism is an inauthentic state of social relations, said to arise in complex capitalist market systems, where social relationships are confused with their medium, the commodity. The term is introduced in the opening chapter of Karl Marx's main work of political economy, Capital, (1867). Marx's use of the term fetish can be interpreted as an ironic comment on the 'rational', 'scientific' mindset of industrial capitalist societies. In Marx's day, the word was primarily used in the study of p ...

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relations of production: Encyclopedia - Capital accumulation

Most generally, the accumulation of capital refers simply to the gathering or amassment of objects of value; the increase in wealth; or the creation of wealth. In economics, accounting and Marxian economics, capital accumulation is often equated with investment, especially in real capital goods. But Capital accumulation can refer to either real investment in tangible means of production, or financial investment in paper assets, or investment in non-productive physical assets such as residential real estate, or "human capital accumulation," i.e., new education and trai ...

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relations of production: Encyclopedia II - Capital accumulation - New developments in capital accumulation

New trends in capital accumulation include: financialisation (the extraordinarily strong growth of the global financial markets. This is trade in financial claims to current and future income. As a corollary, the proportion of national income which consists of interest income and rentier income increases. Modern information technology makes it possible to engage in very complex investment projects and shift funds extremely quickly from one placement to another in space and time. This increases the rotation sp ...

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Capital accumulation, Capital accumulation - Harrod-Domar model, Capital accumulation - Psychology sociology and ethics of capital accumulation, Capital accumulation - Marxian concept of capital accumulation, Capital accumulation - The rate and measurement of accumulation, Capital accumulation - The origin of capital accumulation in trade, Capital accumulation - The circuit of capital accumulation from production, Capital accumulation - Simple and expanded reproduction, Capital accumulation - Different forms of capital accumulation, Capital accumulation - Capital accumulation as social relation, Capital accumulation - Regime of accumulation, Capital accumulation - Environmental criticism of capital accumulation, Capital accumulation - Capital accumulation and risk, Capital accumulation - Capital accumulation and military wars, Capital accumulation - New developments in capital accumulation, Capital accumulation - A few references to works of theory

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relations of production: Encyclopedia II - Capitalist mode of production - State capitalist interpretation

As mentioned, Marx never explicitly summarised his definition of capitalism, beyond some suggestive comments in manuscripts which he did not publish himself. This has led to controversies among Marxists about how to evaluate the "capitalist" nature of society in particular countries. Supporters of theories of state capitalism such as the International Socialists reject the definition of the capitalist mode of production given above. In their view, claimed to be more revolutionary (in that true liberation from capitalism must be the se ...

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Capitalist mode of production, Capitalist mode of production - Basic distinctions, Capitalist mode of production - Origins, Capitalist mode of production - Defining structural criteria, Capitalist mode of production - State capitalist interpretation, Capitalist mode of production - Post-Marxist views

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relations of production: Encyclopedia II - Primitive accumulation of capital - Modern primitive accumulation and the Washington Consensus

From a Marxian perspective, the main world institutions promoting primitive accumulation in the modern world (beyond national governments) these days include the IMF, the World Bank and the WTO. The basic problem as these institutions see it, is one of integrating all countries into one big world market with standardised rules. Obstacles to a stable and growing business environment must be cleared away. For this purpose, everything has to become (capitalist) private property (well, except a "care-taker" state providing basic se ...

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Primitive accumulation of capital, Primitive accumulation of capital - Reason for the concept, Primitive accumulation of capital - The myths of Political Economy, Primitive accumulation of capital - The basic meaning of primitive accumulation, Primitive accumulation of capital - Marx's case history, Primitive accumulation of capital - The link between primitive accumulation and colonialism, Primitive accumulation of capital - Primitive accumulation and privatisation, Primitive accumulation of capital - The essence of capitalist production relations revealed, Primitive accumulation of capital - The past and the future, Primitive accumulation of capital - Ernest Mandel's theory of primitive accumulation, Primitive accumulation of capital - Schumpeter's critique of Marx's theory, Primitive accumulation of capital - Modern primitive accumulation and the Washington Consensus, Primitive accumulation of capital - Modern criticism of Marx's theory, Primitive accumulation of capital - Primitive accumulation and the spreading of civilisation, Primitive accumulation of capital - Where to now with development studies?

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relations of production: Encyclopedia II - Commodity fetishism - After Marx

The Fetishism of Commodities has proven fertile material for work by other theorists since Marx, who have added to, adapted, or, as Marxist orthodoxy might see it, 'vulgarized' the original concept. Sigmund Freud's well-known but unrelated theory of sexual fetishism led to new interpretations of commodity fetishism, as types of sexually-charged relationships between a person and a manufactured object. Georg Lukács based History and Class Consciousness on Marx's notion, developing his own notion of commodity reification as the ...

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Commodity fetishism, Commodity fetishism - Marx's argument, Commodity fetishism - After Marx, Commodity fetishism - External link

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relations of production: Encyclopedia II - Commodity - Marxian usage

Commodity - General. In classical political economy and especially Karl Marx's critique of political economy, a commodity is simply any good or service offered as a product for sale on the market. Some items are also seen as being treated as if they were commodities, e.g. human labour or labor-power, works of art and natural resources, even though they may not be produced specifically fo ...

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Commodity, Commodity - Business usage, Commodity - Definition, Commodity - Examples, Commodity - Branding, Commodity - Marxian usage, Commodity - General, Commodity - Characteristics of commodity, Commodity - Illustration, Commodity - Historical origins of commodity trade, Commodity - Forms of commodity trade, Commodity - Cost structure of commodities, Commodity - References

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relations of production: Encyclopedia II - Capitalist mode of production - Defining structural criteria

Marx never provided a complete definition of the capitalist mode of production as a short summary, although in his manuscripts he sometimes attempted one. In a sense, Das Kapital as a whole provides his “definition”. Nevertheless, it is possible to summarise the essential defining characteristics of the capitalist mode of production as follows: The means of production (or capital goods) and the means of consumption (or consumer goods) are mainly produced for market sale; output is produced with the intention of sale i ...

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Capitalist mode of production, Capitalist mode of production - Basic distinctions, Capitalist mode of production - Origins, Capitalist mode of production - Defining structural criteria, Capitalist mode of production - State capitalist interpretation, Capitalist mode of production - Post-Marxist views

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relations of production: Encyclopedia - Antonio Gramsci

Antonio Gramsci (January 22, 1891 – April 27, 1937) was an Italian writer, politician, leader and theorist of Socialism, Communism and Anti-Fascism. Antonio Gramsci - Life. Gramsci was born in Ales, Italy, on the island of Sardinia, a relatively remote region of Italy that was mostly ignored by the Italian government in favor of the industrialized North. He was the fourth of seven sons of Francesco Gramsci. His father's family was Arbëreshë and probably the family name was related to Gramsh, an Albanian ...

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relations of production: Encyclopedia II - Capitalist mode of production - Post-Marxist views

The difficulties in this Marxist debate have been both that most participants did not speak Russian, East European languages, Vietnamese, Korean or Chinese, and that dissident Russian or Chinese Marxists seeking to analyse their own country independently were typically silenced in one way or another by the regime. Thus, the political debate has been mainly from a Western point of view, and based on secondary sources, rather than being based directly on the experiences of people living in "actually existing socialist countries". And that debate has typically counter ...

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Capitalist mode of production, Capitalist mode of production - Basic distinctions, Capitalist mode of production - Origins, Capitalist mode of production - Defining structural criteria, Capitalist mode of production - State capitalist interpretation, Capitalist mode of production - Post-Marxist views

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relations of production: Encyclopedia II - Capitalist mode of production - Origins

Marx argued that capital existed incipiently or on a small scale for thousands of years, in the form of merchant and lending activities, and occasionally also as small-scale industry with some wage labour (Marx was also well aware that wage labour existed for hundreds or even thousands of years on a modest scale before the advent of capitalist industry). Simple commodity exchange, and consequently simple commodity production, which form the initial basis for the growth of capital from trade, have a very long history. The "capitalistic era" according to Marx dates from ...

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Capitalist mode of production, Capitalist mode of production - Basic distinctions, Capitalist mode of production - Origins, Capitalist mode of production - Defining structural criteria, Capitalist mode of production - State capitalist interpretation, Capitalist mode of production - Post-Marxist views

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relations of production: Encyclopedia II - Capitalist mode of production - Basic distinctions

The existence of “capital” presupposes only property relations which make it possible to make money from trade in goods, money and services, and to accumulate that money. “Capitalism” as a chrematistic, money-making activity could exist in the shape of merchants and bankers who acted as intermediaries between non-capitalist producers engaging in simple commodity production (hence the reference to “merchant capitalism” – an economic system of banks and trading houses or trading compa ...

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Capitalist mode of production, Capitalist mode of production - Basic distinctions, Capitalist mode of production - Origins, Capitalist mode of production - Defining structural criteria, Capitalist mode of production - State capitalist interpretation, Capitalist mode of production - Post-Marxist views

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relations of production: Encyclopedia - Marxism

Socialism Part of the Politics series History of socialism Democratic socialism Christian socialism Communism Libertarian socialism Social democracy Egalitarianism Democracy Equality of outcome Class struggle Proletarian revolution Marxism Anarchism Trade unionism Internationalism Utilitarianism Mixed economy Socialist economics Social ...

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relations of production: Encyclopedia II - Primitive accumulation of capital - Reason for the concept

Marx showed in Das Kapital how "money is changed into capital" and "how capital generates surplus-value" forming more capital. But in doing so, he had already assumed that there exists a mass of capital available for investment, and there already exists exploitable labour-power. He had shown how capitalist production could itself reproduce the conditions of its own existence on an ever broader scale. But, as he says, "the whole movement seems to turn into a vicious circle" and to explain how the capitalist mode of production comes int ...

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Primitive accumulation of capital, Primitive accumulation of capital - Reason for the concept, Primitive accumulation of capital - The myths of Political Economy, Primitive accumulation of capital - The basic meaning of primitive accumulation, Primitive accumulation of capital - Marx's case history, Primitive accumulation of capital - The link between primitive accumulation and colonialism, Primitive accumulation of capital - Primitive accumulation and privatisation, Primitive accumulation of capital - The essence of capitalist production relations revealed, Primitive accumulation of capital - The past and the future, Primitive accumulation of capital - Ernest Mandel's theory of primitive accumulation, Primitive accumulation of capital - Schumpeter's critique of Marx's theory, Primitive accumulation of capital - Modern primitive accumulation and the Washington Consensus, Primitive accumulation of capital - Modern criticism of Marx's theory, Primitive accumulation of capital - Primitive accumulation and the spreading of civilisation, Primitive accumulation of capital - Where to now with development studies?

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relations of production: Encyclopedia - Louis Althusser

Louis Pierre Althusser (October 16, 1918 - October 23, 1990) was a Marxist philosopher. He was born in Algeria and studied at the prestigious École Normale Supérieure in Paris, where he eventually became Professor of Philosophy. He was a leading academic proponent of the French Communist Party and his arguments were a response to multiple threats to the ideological foundations of that socialist project. These included both the threat from an empiricism which was beginning to invade Marxist sociology and economics, and a threa ...

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relations of production: Encyclopedia II - Primitive accumulation of capital - The myths of Political Economy

In so doing, Marx had to dispel some religious myths and fairytales about the origins of capitalism. Marx wrote: "This primitive accumulation plays in Political Economy about the same part as original sin in theology. Adam bit the apple, and thereupon sin fell on the human race. Its origin is supposed to be explained when it is told as an anecdote of the past. In times long gone-by there were two sorts of people; one, the diligent, intelligent, and, above all, frugal elite; the other, lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, ...

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Primitive accumulation of capital, Primitive accumulation of capital - Reason for the concept, Primitive accumulation of capital - The myths of Political Economy, Primitive accumulation of capital - The basic meaning of primitive accumulation, Primitive accumulation of capital - Marx's case history, Primitive accumulation of capital - The link between primitive accumulation and colonialism, Primitive accumulation of capital - Primitive accumulation and privatisation, Primitive accumulation of capital - The essence of capitalist production relations revealed, Primitive accumulation of capital - The past and the future, Primitive accumulation of capital - Ernest Mandel's theory of primitive accumulation, Primitive accumulation of capital - Schumpeter's critique of Marx's theory, Primitive accumulation of capital - Modern primitive accumulation and the Washington Consensus, Primitive accumulation of capital - Modern criticism of Marx's theory, Primitive accumulation of capital - Primitive accumulation and the spreading of civilisation, Primitive accumulation of capital - Where to now with development studies?

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relations of production: Encyclopedia II - Primitive accumulation of capital - Primitive accumulation and privatisation

Marx says that primitive accumulation means the expropriation of the direct producers, and more specifically "the dissolution of private property based on the labor of its owner... Self-earned private property, that is based, so to say, on the fusing together of the isolated, independent laboring-individual with the conditions of his labor, is supplanted by capitalistic private property, which rests on exploitation of the nominally free labor of others, i.e., on wage-labor." (c ...

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Primitive accumulation of capital, Primitive accumulation of capital - Reason for the concept, Primitive accumulation of capital - The myths of Political Economy, Primitive accumulation of capital - The basic meaning of primitive accumulation, Primitive accumulation of capital - Marx's case history, Primitive accumulation of capital - The link between primitive accumulation and colonialism, Primitive accumulation of capital - Primitive accumulation and privatisation, Primitive accumulation of capital - The essence of capitalist production relations revealed, Primitive accumulation of capital - The past and the future, Primitive accumulation of capital - Ernest Mandel's theory of primitive accumulation, Primitive accumulation of capital - Schumpeter's critique of Marx's theory, Primitive accumulation of capital - Modern primitive accumulation and the Washington Consensus, Primitive accumulation of capital - Modern criticism of Marx's theory, Primitive accumulation of capital - Primitive accumulation and the spreading of civilisation, Primitive accumulation of capital - Where to now with development studies?

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relations of production: Encyclopedia II - Primitive accumulation of capital - The past and the future

"Orthodox" Marxists see primitive accumulation as something that happened in the late Middle Ages and finished long ago, when capitalist industry started. They see primitive accumulation as a process happening in the transition from the feudal "stage" to the capitalist "stage". But most intelligent historians realise this has very little to do with Marx or historical reality, especially since feudal-typ ...

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Primitive accumulation of capital, Primitive accumulation of capital - Reason for the concept, Primitive accumulation of capital - The myths of Political Economy, Primitive accumulation of capital - The basic meaning of primitive accumulation, Primitive accumulation of capital - Marx's case history, Primitive accumulation of capital - The link between primitive accumulation and colonialism, Primitive accumulation of capital - Primitive accumulation and privatisation, Primitive accumulation of capital - The essence of capitalist production relations revealed, Primitive accumulation of capital - The past and the future, Primitive accumulation of capital - Ernest Mandel's theory of primitive accumulation, Primitive accumulation of capital - Schumpeter's critique of Marx's theory, Primitive accumulation of capital - Modern primitive accumulation and the Washington Consensus, Primitive accumulation of capital - Modern criticism of Marx's theory, Primitive accumulation of capital - Primitive accumulation and the spreading of civilisation, Primitive accumulation of capital - Where to now with development studies?

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