Tag: Marxist Theory
On Vivek Chibber, Political Marxism, and the Tradition of Telling Half the Story
Bilal Zahoor challenges Political Marxism’s, and in particular Vivek Chibber’s, reduction of capitalism to its hyperlocal origin in the English countryside.
Beyond the Wage Relation
Hugo de Camps Mora challenges Vivek Chibber’s fetishized account of materialism in favor of the broader and more expansive conception Marx argued for.
After the Last Word
Ryan Breeden reviews Kevin B. Anderson’s “Marx’s Revolutionary Roads,” arguing that the book is a valuable step in an ongoing march of theoretical contestation.
Jeffrey Epstein
Andrew Osborne analyzes the social dynamics that made Jeffrey Epstein an indispensable exemplar of the logic of capitalist appropriation before, ultimately, rendering him redundant.
Lube
Inspired by Adam Hanieh’s Crude Capitalism, Alan Sears reflects on the influence of oil-centered capitalist development on our erotic lives.
The Hopes of Disalienation
Isadora Seconi and Sean K. Isaacs review Alan Sears’s Eros and Alienation, looking at the book’s utopian implications for ecosocialism and Marxist theory.
The Price of Freedom
Jordan Daniels reviews Alyssa Battistoni’s Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature.
The Continuing Relevance of Marx’s Capital
Charles Post reviews Sungur Savran and E. Ahmet Tonak, In the Tracks of Marx’s Capital: Debates in Marxian Political Economy and Lessons for 21st Century Capitalism.
Queer Is Total, Baby!
Ira Hybris and Ricci Galiano argue that true communist revolution demands embracing the full diversity of the proletariat—queer, racialized, disabled, feminized and beyond—as essential to building a liberatory politics of totality that leaves no one behind.
Contest the Space of Politics
Kolya Ludwig reflects on Abolish Rent, contending that its undertheorized concept of hegemony leads it to neglect important potential cross class alliances.